This World TB Day, we have new rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests being deployed. These use tongue swabs to help end TB ...
Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that ...
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, ...
In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...
South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can't detect ...
Tuberculosis (TB) in the throat is a rare type of TB that affects the larynx. It’s often misdiagnosed but has symptoms such as hoarseness and painful swallowing. If treated promptly, it can be fully ...
Not every cough is viral. Experts explain early tuberculosis symptoms, when to get tested, risk groups, and treatment dos and ...
The test, targeted at adults with asymptomatic tuberculosis, detected the infectious disease in the blood up to 18 months ...
South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can’t detect ...