Day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) TB is an infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most commonly affects the lungs, when it is called ...

I suffered extensive fatigue that I had attributed to a COVID-19 infection. Then a lung culture found something called ...

When someone with active TB coughs, sneezes or speaks, tiny germs are released into the air, which others may inhale. TB symptoms typically come on gradually, often starting with a cough that ...

The body aches, fever and tiredness that the flu causes come on one to four days after being exposed to the virus. Ika84 via Getty Images This flu season has been the worst season the country has ...

As the number of measles cases in the U.S. continues to grow, local health officials are encouraging people to check the ...

A 16-year-old girl who went to the doctor with a bad cough received a devastating cancer ... defined her for a time but Niamh saw her as 'someone outside of my cancer diagnosis'.

Whooping cough spreads through contact with respiratory droplets expelled when someone talks, coughs or sneezes, according to Cary-based Western Wake Pediatrics. “These droplets can land on or ...

But when someone is living with a chronic lung disease ... Additional symptoms can include a chronic cough that can be dry or may produce mucus; shortness of breath; a sensation of heaviness ...