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, ...

ParentsHave you ever worried that your little one has tuberculosis? If so, a Mantoux test or tuberculin test is one way to find out. Maintaining your little one’s health is not an easy matter. Because ...

A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to a new article. The study shows that the test, which involves taking three sputum samples ...

Innovation High School in Chula Vista notifies students and staff about possible TB exposure. Testing is being arranged for ...

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

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that attacks the lungs, though it can affect almost any body area. Two types of tests can identify a TB infection, but how often you should get a ...

The test can be administered on a mouth swab instead of sputum and doesn’t require lab facilities ...

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 ...

Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with ...

In a boost to India's fight against tuberculosis, apex health research body ICMR has validated new indigenously developed ...