It's not the first time this year that a contagious tuberculosis case has been detected in the Sacramento area. In August, an ...

Cases of tuberculosis are rising in the UK and US, and experts are urging that a holistic approach to treatment is the best ...

Tulare County health officials urge TB screening for exposed or high-risk people; early detection of latent infection can prevent illness.

The California Department of Public Health, UC Davis, is informing the community that a person with contagious tuberculosis ...

Routine testing for latent tuberculosis infection is not required for patients receiving interleukin-17 or -23 inhibitors for psoriasis, according to an updated position statement. “When IL-17 and ...

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, UC Davis ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

Many people with tuberculosis stay in the latent infection stage, but some develop the active disease. Both stages are treatable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the ...

New test shows high sensitivity for tuberculosis, providing a faster, near-point-of-care option for early detection and ...

This CDC illustration shows what the tuberculosis bacteria looks like. A Broward high school and Miami’s federal detention center have each confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...