Mixing phlegm samples from multiple patients in “pooled tests” for tuberculosis could halve costs and help find millions of missing cases, according to a major new study.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...

Tuberculosis still kills more people than any other infectious disease, yet the single greatest obstacle to controlling it is ...

The World Health Organization announced Thursday it had given a first-ever green light to a test for tuberculosis—a disease which killed 1.25 million people last year. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, produced by ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide, but timely and accurate diagnoses remain challenging in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries where access to accurate, timely, and ...

Washington, D.C.-based drugmaker Danaher has agreed to lower the cost of test cartridges used to diagnose tuberculosis by 20% and sell them at cost, the company announced Tuesday, a move that comes ...

A gloved hand holds a test strip in a small plastic vial, with two horizontal red lines on it The tuberculosis test strips developed by Tulane University’s Zhen Huang indicate the presence or absence ...

Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis (TB) when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease ...

Amarillo Public Health is working with WT after identifying someone with tuberculosis who spent time on campus. An ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

The Amarillo Public Health Department announced it is working with West Texas A&M University after identifying a person with ...