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 ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can deliver rapid, accurate tuberculosis diagnoses in under an hour, according to a study published in ...

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...

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, ...

We were gratified to read your report of the “new” tuberculosis test that could soon replace the familiar 100-year-old “tuberculin skin test” (12 April, p 21). Your readers might like to know that a ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Wednesday for an immediate ban on the use of blood tests to detect active tuberculosis, saying they produced wrong results and left ...

Camden County health officials said a New Jersey resident was placed in isolation after testing positive for active ...

- GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday called for an immediate halt to the use of blood tests for detection of active tuberculosis, saying they are faulty and ...