COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Hundreds of students and staff members at Cobb County's Walton High School have received their test results after they were possibly exposed to tuberculosis. Cobb and Douglas County ...

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 ...

Because it can be difficult to detect tuberculosis in young children, the disease may be dangerously advanced by the time it's diagnosed. A new blood test, however, is claimed to detect the presence ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

DAVID: WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREADING IN OMAHA. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M DAVID EARL. ALEXANDRA: I’M ALEXANDRA STONE. WE FIRST BROKE THE STORY IN THE KETV MOBILE APP. THE ...

The results of a proof-of-concept study in humans suggest that a new blood test used to detect tuberculosis (TB) and paratuberculosis in livestock could be adapted as a rapid mainstream diagnostic for ...

GENEVA and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and Cepheid, Inc, announced today the launch of the new Xpert® MTB/XDR* test, which ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- A school-wide alert sent out on Wednesday notified University of Delaware students and staff that a member of the community had tested positive for tuberculosis.

AURORA, Colo. — Health officials have finished testing the students and staff of Aurora Hills Middle School for tuberculosis and they did not find anyone else who was sick, a press release from the ...

For those living in affluent countries, it’s easy to forget about tuberculosis, which seems like a disease of the Victorian era. In the U.S., thanks to investments in public health and TB surveillance ...

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 ...

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 ...