A UC San Diego Health team built an EHR algorithm to meet California's new latent TB screening mandate, driving a surge of ...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world’s leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite being treatable, gaps in screening and diagnosis have allowed the disease ...

While rich in TB bacteria required for testing, collecting sputum is difficult, making it inefficient for large-scale community testing. Sputum testing is also unfeasible in about 25% of symptomatic ...

May 22, 2023, News Staff — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently issued an updated final recommendation to screen asymptomatic adults who are at increased risk for latent tuberculosis ...

Newswise — ATLANTA — New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that tuberculosis (TB) screening and ongoing clinical care is needed for ...

A new study presented today at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, California found that a simple blood test could accurately identify ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “I think it is prudent for people who are managing patients who may be at a greater risk for TB, either because ...

Tuberculosis may be the world's most famous infectious disease, yet the quiet reservoir that keeps it alive is not the ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...