Feb. 28—RED SPRINGS — Red Springs Middle School students and staff members who are believed to have been in close contact with a tuberculosis case will undergo testing at the school on March 7.

A TB blood test is a diagnostic test to detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). These tests use a sample of blood to check for an immune ...

A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

It has been nearly six decades since the last tuberculosis (TB) intervention came to market. But one Zimbabwe-born researcher hopes to tap into modern technology to tackle the ongoing TB epidemic in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Beginning next fall, Tuberculosis skin tests will be mandatory for all international students who ...

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, ...