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The World Health Organization aims to reduce TB cases by 80% by 2030. The United Kingdom reported a 13% rise in TB cases in ...

A confirmed case of tuberculosis at a Joliet high school earlier this week was the second in the Chicago area this month, ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has had an incredibly large impact on human history. One staggering statistic? It’s been estimated that by the start of the 1800s, the disease had killed one in seven people who had ...

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JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A south suburban student has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, school officials said on Monday. Joliet West High School sent a letter to students and staff who may have ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a statement from Will County Officials, a case was confirmed at Joliet West High ...

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people globally and more than 10 times that number become infected with the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization.