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 ...

Q I got a tuberculosis skin test for my health care job and tested positive. A follow-up blood test was also positive, and I ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In an effort to conserve supplies of products needed to perform tuberculosis skin tests, the Department of Public Health and Social Services has made a temporary change in the process for the ...

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 6000 women deliver annually at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60% is foreign-born. We conducted a ...

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.