A mother who spent a year being treated for tuberculosis (TB) is calling on people to get tested following a rise in cases ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2014 over 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB), with 1.5 million dying from the disease. Over 95 percent of these deaths occur in ...
Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with ...
Electrical & Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Professor Xiaoshan Zhu and his colleagues have won a U.S. National Science ...
Health leaders are working closely with school administrators, healthcare providers, and community partners to ensure the ...
The Christian County Health Department is working with the Ozark School District to ensure the safety of students and staff after someone within the district was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with colleagues in South Africa, have investigated whether ...
ICMR validates new TB detection tools, including Quantiplus MTB FAST kit and UniAMP MTB Nucleic Acid Test Card, for wider access.
TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs. Early and accurate diagnosis is crucial so that patient treatment can begin in a timely manner. An important step has been taken to make ...