A new screening process for tuberculosis infections in prisons could mean that more than 50 percent of those screened won't undergo unnecessary treatment due to false positives. A test for TB using ...

Dear Doctors: I got a tuberculosis skin test for my health care job and tested positive. A follow-up blood test was also positive, and I was diagnosed with latent TB. However, I had no known exposure.

A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the ...

PharmaJet (R) , a company focused on improving the performance and outcomes of injectables through needle-free injection technology, announced that its partner, Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The Forsyth County Health Department is changing requirements for who gets tested for tuberculin (TB) due to a nationwide shortage of Aplisol and Tubersol. Both Aplisol and ...

Sept. 30--A nationwide shortage of a tuberculosis skin test has health departments in the San Joaquin Valley giving the exam only to people at high risk for the lung disease and offering temporary ...

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Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that ...

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 ...

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, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new blood test will allow doctors more accurately to pinpoint patients likely to develop the symptoms of tuberculosis, researchers said on Monday. Traditional testing for the ...

A new screening process for tuberculosis (TB) infections in Canadian prisons could mean that more than 50 per cent of those screened won't undergo unnecessary treatment due to false positives.