According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2014 over 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB), with 1.5 million dying from the disease. Over 95 percent of these deaths occur in ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Hospitals and public health departments around the country are having a tough time coming up with a staple of preventive health care: the skin test for tuberculosis. The shortage, caused by problems ...

PACHECO, Calif. (KGO) -- Contra Costa County public health officials are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider getting a tuberculosis test ...

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 ...

ICMR has approved an indigenous kit for cost-effective and effective TB testing in the country. Developed by Telangana-based ...

One of the first signs that the fight against tuberculosis had entered a frightening new phase came in the village of Tugela Ferry in central South Africa. Starting in 2005, 53 patients checked ...

A mother who spent a year being treated for tuberculosis (TB) is calling on people to get tested following a rise in cases ...

Enhances gene and cell therapy lab services across Europe and North America WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) is adding gene and cell therapy analytical ...

A nationwide shortage of the basic material needed for tuberculosis skin tests required by law for students entering both the Department of Education Schools and the University of Guam has left the ...