Bedok Central TB screening: 85.1% of more than 3,000 people screened test negative

Discover the latest TB screening results from Bedok Central, with 85.1% testing negative for tuberculosis infection. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CNA

Majority test negative in Bedok tuberculosis screening, 473 flagged for further checks

Those flagged will be required to do a follow-up chest X-ray to determine if they have active TB or latent TB infection, the ...
Mothership.SG

Bedok TB screening: 85.1% of 3,169 people test negative, 473 require further checks

Most of those who tested positive are expected to have a latent TB infection, which does not pose a public health risk, CDA ...
AsiaOne

473 people test positive for tuberculosis after Bedok screenings, 'vast majority' expected to be non-contagious

A total of 473 people screened for tuberculosis in Bedok have tested positive for the bacteria, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on Wednesday (May 13).They make up 14.9 per cent of the ...
Frontiers

Advances in Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Molecular, AI-Enabled, and Decentralized Approaches

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of mortality from a single infectious agent worldwide and continues to pose a major public health ...
Medical Xpress

Tuberculosis is back on the rise: What to know about symptoms and treatment

Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1900, TB—which usually attacks the lungs but can affect almost any part of the body—had killed ...