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 ...

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 ...

The Virginia Department of Health is working with Rockingham County schools after a case of tuberculosis was discovered.

Last week, activists and patients won a breakthrough in the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease: tuberculosis. Cepheid, a medical equipment manufacturer owned by the multinational ...

Tuberculosis testing will be offered to those who may have been exposed. If that test is positive, the individual will receive a chest X-ray and follow up with public health officials. (In most cases, ...

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