Tuberculosis (TB) has been a serious health challenge globally. Its cases in India are also increasing the pressure on the ...

The battery-powered device is the first to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in saliva in addition to blood and sputum.

Here's what tuberculosis is, how it's transmitted and how you can expect to have it treated if it affects you or someone you ...

Over 90% of new TB cases occur in low- and middle-income countries. This point-of-care device is the first to detect ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can deliver rapid, accurate tuberculosis diagnoses in under an hour, according to a study published in ...

The Lake County Health Department confirmed to the school district that the person is isolated from others and undergoing ...

In separate tests on saliva from 11 people diagnosed with TB, the fluorescence technique identified infectious levels of the bacterium within 10 minutes. White blood cell-focused M. tuberculosis ...

“TB cases are rising again in Europe and elsewhere ... Those symptoms include: Tuberculosis can be diagnosed with a skin test or a blood test. A chest X-ray is usually conducted on someone ...

Unlike normal cough, tuberculosis is usually accompanied by typical symptoms such as fever, shivering, night sweats, loss of appetite, drastic weight loss, chest pain and breathing difficulty.

"While latent TB infection does not spread to other people ... years Officials said testing at the clinics involves giving a blood sample. People who think they might have been exposed can also ...

Moving beyond the traditional sputum tests, a new study on Friday showed that a molecular stool test may increase detection ...

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...