New tests recommended by the WHO can address TB cases with no or few symptoms more quickly and improve access to life-saving treatment.

South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can't detect ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing, for the first time, recommendations on new near-point-of-care (NPOC) molecular tests for the diagnosis ...

Patients with uveitis exhibited lower risk for TB with adalimumab therapy, though the risk was not completely eliminated.

[Partner content] In long-term care, few infections are potentially more dangerous than tuberculosis. Failing to detect a TB case among residents could prove deadly — but many long-term care providers ...

Does CMS Require Annual TB Tests for Surgery Center Staff Members? Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., addresses a question from a ...

Although TB can be cured, it is still spreading in South Africa at alarming rates. One reason could be that some people with TB disease but without symptoms may unknowingly be passing on the bug. In ...