October 2024	FindTBResources.cdc.gov is your one-stop site to find TB educational materials for patients and providers.

Pediatric Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment Tool, from the Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, and New Jersey Department of Health. View the Material	Tuberculosis and Long-Term Care, from the Indiana Department of Health. View the Material

Registration is now open for Curry International Tuberculosis Center's Post TB: from evidence to action webinar!

The webinar will take place on Monday, October 28, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Time). It will provide an overview of what happens to people after they complete TB treatment, with an emphasis on the morbidity and mortality they may face. This webinar will also discuss potential strategies to help support people post-treatment.

Registration deadline is Monday, October 21, 2024. There are no fees for this webinar.

Visit the Curry International Tuberculosis Center website to learn more.

Before the discovery of the bacteria that causes TB, the disease was thought to be hereditary.

In the early 1800s during the "vampire panics", when a TB outbreak occurred in a town, it was suspected that the first family member to die of TB came back as a vampire to infect the rest of the family. To stop the vampires, townspeople would dig up the suspected vampire grave and perform a ritual.

Today, we know TB is an airborne infectious disease that spreads when a person with TB disease coughs, speaks, or sings. When a person is diagnosed with TB disease, a contact investigation is done to find and test people (like family members) who may have been exposed to TB. People diagnosed with TB disease or latent TB Infection are then treated.

Learn more about the history of TB by visiting the CDC TB website.

Do you have TB education or training materials you would like to share? You can submit materials to our database electronically! For more information, visit findtbresources.cdc.gov

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