(CNN) — In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization. Potentially fatal — 1.5 million died from it the same year — it is a disease ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated, ...

Bovine tuberculosis (bovine Tb) is a disease found in mammals caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). In North America, bovine Tb is most commonly found in domestic cattle and captive ...

SURREY, England, Sept. 28 (UPI) --Vitamin D has been known to diminish the severity of tuberculosis in humans, but it's never before been studied in animals. New research suggests the vitamin could ...

A new systematic review of animal studies testing a vaccine for tuberculosis raises questions about whether the studies provided sufficient evidence to move into trials of children. A new systematic ...

Hunters in Michigan are being warned to be on the lookout for deer infected with bovine tuberculosis. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, nearly 900 deer tested positive for ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the No.1 cause of death due to a single infectious agent in the world today. According to the global report from World Health Organization, one third of world population is ...

A monkey at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) at Fort Detrick tested positive for the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, according to a news release from the agency.

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Tuberculosis should be a specter of the past, something only our ...

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