More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . USPSTF said those who have an increased risk for TB should be screened for latent TB infection. One expert said ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “I think it is prudent for people who are managing patients who may be at a greater risk for TB, either because ...

Mumbai: Less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended tongue swabs to detect tuberculosis (TB) ...

Asymptomatic TB represents a substantial and persistent component of the TB burden in Japan, including potentially infectious cases. Reliance on symptom-based case detection alone may miss a ...

Most of those who tested positive are expected to have a latent TB infection, which does not pose a public health risk, CDA ...

The Communicable Diseases Agency said that contact tracing is underway to identify and evaluate the close contacts of the ...

Those flagged will be required to do a follow-up chest X-ray to determine if they have active TB or latent TB infection, the ...

Discover the latest TB screening results from Bedok Central, with 85.1% testing negative for tuberculosis infection. Read ...

One person has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) so far after the completion of the screening exercise at Bedok ...

The tuberculosis (TB) screening exercise at Bedok Central has been completed, with one person diagnosed with active TB ...

India has undertaken one of the world’s largest tuberculosis screening and early detection programmes as part of its efforts ...