TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - March 24 is World TB Day and is a day to educate the public about the impact of TB (tuberculosis) around the world. World TB Day commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert ...

It was March 24, 1882, and a little-known German physician named Robert Koch was about to make history. A group of scientists were gathered at a meeting of the Berlin Physiological Society, a body ...

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March 23. This day is observed to raise public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. This date ...

Robert Koch (1843?1910), who isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882 and proved that it caused tuberculosis, announced at a medical congress in Berlin eight years later that he had developed a ...

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March ...