by Carla Conrad | Feb 23, 2017 | Programs & Services, Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious airborne disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is of vital public health concern when it occurs in any segment of the world’s population. Why is it that TB in children is of particular interest to the worldwide...
by Carla Conrad | Mar 24, 2014 | Tuberculosis
World TB Day 2014 is on March 24, and this annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB.Why then, since the number of reported tuberculosis cases in the United States...
by Carla Conrad | Jan 23, 2014 | Education, Tuberculosis
What is Tuberculosis?Tuberculosis, or TB, is an ancient disease (evidence of it has been found in mummies more than 2,000 years old) that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium usually attacks the lungs, but it can attack any part...
