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 ...

Different circumstances can require the need for a rapid placement in Assisted Living or Memory Care. One common hold-up can be getting a TB test. Here is what you need to know. Circumstances can ...

Medicare may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if a person has symptoms or has been exposed to tuberculosis (TB). If not, Medicare will likely deny coverage as it would ...

Ten years ago, a colleague’s purified protein derivative (PPD) test was read by several physicians as being positive at 13-mm induration. Disturbed by the results, we tried testing with PPD again. The ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based ...

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

Local health officials are working with Rockingham County Public Schools to identify contacts of someone who had a confirmed positive case of tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis testing will be offered to those who may have been exposed. If that test is positive, the individual will receive a chest X-ray and follow up with public health officials. (In most cases, ...