One of humanity’s oldest and deadliest killers is staging a modern-day comeback. The so-called “white plague” reclaimed its title as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023, after being briefly overtaken by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. And the US isn’t immune. While the country still has one of the lowest … Read more
An influencer is facing fierce backlash after posting a series of “disrespectful” hospital TikTok videos showing provocative dances beside her unwell father. Content creator Athena Paris, 23, posted multiple clips doing popular dances to trending songs right next to her father’s hospital bed. “Kicking tuberculosis’ a**,” the text overlay in one clip read. In her … Read more
When Dr. Jim Hotz attended medical school at The Ohio State University, an infectious disease specialist showed his class a slide of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. “And he said, ‘You’ll probably not see another case of tuberculosis in your career,’ ” Hotz, 75, recalled to The Post. “I come down to Georgia, and it … Read more
Nolen: The first TB patient that I sat down with in Nairobi was a man who had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB — essentially there’s a just a very slim chance that the only drugs we know about will actually cure him. We’re out of options. And he’d come in that day, like he had … Read more
Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm in western Kenya. Mr. Modore has tuberculosis. He is 40, a tall … Read more
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 was the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9,600 cases were reported, a 16% increase from 2022 and … Read more
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 could do was visiting the Negro settlements on the outskirts of the city, administering whatever homespun help she … Read more
Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis (TB), according to a bombshell new report. TB is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, and there have been about 500 NYC cases of active TB so far … Read more
A hospital in Indiana where a staff member recently tested positive for tuberculosis has notified around 500 patients that they may have been exposed to the illness. Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville told Fox News Digital on Thursday that it sent out hundreds of letters to those possibly affected following the confirmed case. Clark County Health Officer … Read more
Researchers have identified an early 19th century “vampire” thanks to some cutting-edge technology. The man’s remains were discovered in 1990 in Griswold, Conn. He was found with his arms in an X shape — a burial practice believed to prevent blood-suckers rising from the grave to feed upon the living. Thanks to bioinformatic DNA analyses, … Read more