According to the university, the traditional method of testing for TB involves the collection of sputum, or mucus from the ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

The state Department of Health will institute new tuberculosis screening procedures on Monday, meaning that traditional TB skin tests may no longer be necessary for TB clearances needed for jobs, ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body.

Tuberculosis, or TB, an airborne bacterial respiratory infection, is one of humanity's oldest foes and is today the world's ...

For many people, Tuberculosis (TB) only infects adults. A cough in a child or a hunch back in a child cannot be suggestive of TB. When it comes to children, even if the cough is persistent, it must be ...

Riverside University Health System - Public Health (RUHS-PH) department reported Friday that an Indio High School student has ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.