TACOMA –On Monday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced it was monitoring a patient with active tuberculosis who had declined treatment. Court records reveal the woman has not followed ...

Over the last few months, a woman from Tacoma, Washington has been widely featured in local and national media, including the New York Times, for refusing to take medication for active tuberculosis ...

A homeless man who has frustrated public health officials in New Hampshire for months by refusing to submit to medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis typically infects the lungs but can spread to the rest of the body. stockdevil/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

An HIV positive TB patient, holds a packet of tablets received as part of his treatment at Rutsanana Polyclinic in Glen Norah township, Harare June 24, 2019. - (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) ...

Patient choice in taking treatment is framed by the physiological and psychological impacts of the disease and also by the social and cultural structures in which the person is immersed. [68] Patient ...

Texas is among the states with the highest number of cases of tuberculosis in the United States - and Dallas County is among ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Of 111,155 tuberculosis diagnoses, researchers found ...

In this March 24, 2018 file photo, a relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India. The number of people killed by ...

In 1929 in Savannah, Ga., Edna Sutton dreamt of being a nurse. But, as a young black woman, she had few opportunities in her hometown, which was still ruled by Jim Crow laws. The only nursing she ...

Ahmedabad: Incessant cough, chest pain, shortness of breath and blood in sputum (spit) — the tuberculosis bacterium (TB) ...