While rich in TB bacteria required for testing, collecting sputum is difficult, making it inefficient for large-scale community testing. Sputum testing is also unfeasible in about 25% of symptomatic ...

IntelliGenome, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company advancing next-generation tuberculosis detection technologies, today announced that Colombia's National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance ...

State officials are seeking input on bovine tuberculosis testing requirements proposed for parts of several Northern Michigan counties.

The Fulton County Board of Health sent a letter to parents of a county high school to inform them that students and staff ...

A new non-invasive tongue swab test for tuberculosis (TB) could mark a major breakthrough in the global fight against one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. Researchers evaluating the ...

Students and staff identified as having likely close contact with the person diagnosed with TB will receive a separate letter ...

No known additional active tuberculosis cases have developed — so far — from a person with active TB who was at 26 Clark County School District campuses and a training center in recent weeks, ...

The sight of a carcass hanging in the cutting room is increasingly uncommon at Molokaʻi’s only slaughterhouse.

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) collects all public health laboratory test results in South Africa, providing a cohort from which to identify groups, by age, sex, HIV, and viral ...

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu reports that the capital surpasses the national average in tuberculosis ...