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

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 ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

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

Every time an infectious disease makes the news, public trust in health systems is tested. But sometimes the threat isn’t the ...

Chula Vista's Innovation High School faces a tuberculosis scare; health officials issue alerts and offer screenings.

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

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

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

Health leaders are working closely with school administrators, healthcare providers, and community partners to ensure the ...

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