TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...

It’s either inaccurate — missing up to half of all cases — or requires expensive laboratories that are not widely available ...

The MiniDock MTB could expand access to molecular testing in peripheral health centers ...

Drugs to treat tuberculosis have been around for more than 75 years, yet it remains the world's top infectious disease killer ...

While the technique can be performed in low-resource settings, it’s time consuming and misses half or more of TB cases. Rapid ...

A few weeks ago, we wrote about a positive test for latent tuberculosis and treating that infection with antibiotics. On the heels of that column, we received some follow-up questions from readers.

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, ...

The agency said $5B is needed annually for TB research, but funding cuts have made it difficult to reach that goal. HealthDay News — The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move ...

The World Health Organization has endorsed a new tongue swab-based molecular test for tuberculosis, following multicenter trials showing it can deliver accurate results in under 35 minutes without lab ...

WMUR'S IMANI FLEMING IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER TONIGHT WITH WHO SHOULD CONSIDER GETTING TESTED. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU WERE AT THE FAMILIES IN TRANSITION SHELTER OR THE 12-69 CAFE IN MANCHESTER ...

False positives in these types of tests, which identify immune markers rather than the disease-causing bacteria, can happen for a few reasons.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move faster to detect and treat one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB). On March 24, a day widely recognized as ...