Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer ...

Mchinji District Health Office has adopted a stool-based testing for tuberculosis (TB) in children that the National TB and Leprosy Elimination Programme has introduced to end the disease by 2030. The ...

Household members and social contacts are being evaluated for TB disease and latent TB infection with tuberculin skin test, chest imaging ... visit the CDC’s website at www.cdc.gov.

The Sachem Central School District has advised some community members to undergo a skin test or blood test ... further questions visit the CDC website at cdc.gov/tb. The district also advised ...

Detecting TB early goes a long way toward avoiding some of the disease's worst outcomes and preventing its spread to others.

Detecting TB early, she adds, goes a long way toward avoiding some of the disease's worst outcomes and preventing its spread to others. Forms ... test, but it's commonly referred to as a TB skin ...

not a skin test, when being checked for TB, according to the CDC. This is because the vaccine is known to sometimes cause a false-positive with the skin test. Once a doctor determines that you ...

not a skin test, when being checked for TB, according to the CDC. This is because the vaccine is known to sometimes cause a false-positive with the skin test. Once a doctor determines that you ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say a rise in TB cases in Europe could mean a future ... Those symptoms include: Tuberculosis can be diagnosed with a skin test or a blood test. A chest X-ray is usually ...