Dr. Todd Ellerin, Chief of Infectious Diseases at South Shore Health, talked to WCVB's Ed Harding about how likely it is to catch tuberculosis and whether it is a threat to public health.

According to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, some Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees had positive skin tests for tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics, and health officials encourage those contacted to undergo testing as a precaution.

Tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics, and health officials encourage those contacted to undergo testing as a precaution.

With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy

Now a museum, the Saranac Laboratory was established in 1894 and was the first in the United States dedicated to studying tuberculosis.

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The Greene County Sheriff’s Office says every ICE detainee in the jail has been cleared of Tuberculosis after a recent increase of contamination risk.

Health officials are investigating a tuberculosis case at Hartsville High School but stress that the risk to the general public is low.

A case of tuberculosis associated with Hartsville High School was laboratory confirmed by the South Carolina Department of Public Health Wednesday morning. DPH said it is working closely with Hartsville High School leadership to identify anyone associated with the school who may have been exposed and needs to be tested.