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

No known additional active tuberculosis cases have developed — so far — from a person with active TB who was at 26 Clark County School District campuses and a training center in recent weeks, ...

Medicare Part B may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if your healthcare professional deems it necessary to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) due to existing symptoms. A PPD test ...

The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an ...

More than 50 latent TB cases and three active infections prompt Riordan High School to halt in‑person classes and expand testing in San Francisco.

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, ...