Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with using dual testing and does not raise the risk for subsequent active TB.

A mother who spent a year being treated for tuberculosis (TB) is calling on people to get tested following a rise in cases ...

The state Department of Health will institute new tuberculosis screening procedures on Monday, meaning that traditional TB skin tests may no longer be necessary for TB clearances needed for jobs, ...

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Professor Xiaoshan Zhu and his colleagues have won a U.S. National Science ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.

Mere weeks before a case of tuberculosis alarmed the Coronado High School community and spurred health officials to call for testing of those who may have been exposed, the Clark County School ...

UAB requires initial TB screening, per CDC guidelines, while annual screening is not required. Routine TB testing may be needed based on examination of job risk. Employees who have been diagnosed with ...

First year health science students will need TB testing and screening prior to or at arrival. At this time, UHCS is providing a TB blood test (IGRA). The cost of this test is almost always covered by ...

Trace-positive sputum predicts high 2-year TB risk in Uganda, especially with abnormal chest x-ray, highlighting need for ...

For those diagnosed overseas with sputum smear-negative or inactive TB, follow-up evaluation after U.S. arrival is critical for detecting cases of active pulmonary TB. In recent years, nearly 60% of ...

A decentralized model for the screening and management of MDR/RR-TB contacts implemented by trained CHWs has wider potential ...

San Diego County's Tuberculosis Prevention and Care Program Tuesday announced a possible exposure to tuberculosis for ...