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 ...
A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood test ...
In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...
Federal health officials are recommending a new, more accurate blood test for tuberculosis that may someday replace the skin test used for the past 100 years. The Centers for Disease Control and ...
Scientists at the University of Washington say their approach would be more precise and less painful than the traditional skin test that uses a hypodermic needle. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Elizabeth ...
The San Francisco Department of Public Health said the risk of TB transmission at the high school was "moderate" during the ...
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of active tuberculosis (TB) at Archbishop Riordan High School after a third case was confirmed on Tuesday.