Most people who get infected with TB never manifest any symptoms. They have latent tuberculosis, and their immune systems ...

A TB blood test is a diagnostic test to detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). These tests use a sample of blood to check for an immune ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. A new study recently published ...

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 — ...

Commonly used chest X-rays, based on symptoms, are inadequate to detect asymptomatic tuberculosis (TB) infection among ...

Routine chest X-rays, commonly used to screen for tuberculosis (TB), are failing to detect a large number of asymptomatic cases, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health.

Read about how Goa is intensifying its efforts in tuberculosis testing to achieve early detection and treatment. Learn about ...

A Lancet study finds only 40% treatment success for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe, with outcomes now ...