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

Active TB commonly affects the lungs, but can spread to other parts of the body like the spine, brain, liver or kidneys, ...

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 ...

This case comes just weeks after a separate tuberculosis case was confirmed at Waukegan High School in late March. In both instances, local health officials emphasized that TB is not easily spread and ...

A second active tuberculosis case has been identified in the Chicago suburbs, this time at Joliet West High School.

JOLIET, Ill. ( WGN) — A second case of tuberculosis (TB) has been reported at a suburban high school. Joliet West High School officials reported Monday that a student has been diagnosed with the ...

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days. According to a ...

The Joliet West student is getting "appropriate medical treatment and has been advised to stay home until they are no longer ...

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

In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A case of tuberculosis occurred at the freshman/sophomore campus at Waukegan High School, officials said.