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

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

From the currently used sputum testing, soon tuberculosis screening can be done via a simple tongue swab, according to a ...

A confirmed case of tuberculosis at a Joliet high school earlier this week was the second in the Chicago area this month, leaving many to wonder if they should be cautious about the disease often ...

Tuberculosis is a disease that most commonly causes an infection of the lungs. (Photo: Getty Images) With cases of tuberculosis (TB) cropping up at schools in different parts of the country — ...

The Virginia Department of Health is working with Rockingham County schools after a case of tuberculosis was discovered.

Gladys Jung Elementary School, whose former principal has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor and other crimes involving children. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Alaska is proposing to end regular ...