The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.

Here's what tuberculosis is, how it's transmitted and how you can expect to have it treated if it affects you or someone you love.

Each year, tuberculosis kills some 1.25 million people ... identified tuberculosis as one of the top 10 leading causes of deaths worldwide. "Since its identification in 1882, over 1 billion ...