Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

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

The test can be administered on a mouth swab instead of sputum and doesn’t require lab facilities ...

Despite recent advances in screening and diagnosis, tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease. An estimated 10·8 ...

Diagnosing a lung disease like tuberculosis with a urine test may seem illogical, but a group of U.S. researchers is now a step closer to that goal. Scientists at George Mason University have improved ...

Tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases, has been reported in a handful of cases in Maine, North Carolina and California in recent weeks.

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

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Health officials investigate tuberculosis case at East Lincoln High School The county first warned people ...

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.