Because it can be difficult to detect tuberculosis in young children, the disease may be dangerously advanced by the time it's diagnosed. A new blood test, however, is claimed to detect the presence ...

There was a time when Chenai Mathabire read Vogue, watched beauty pageants on TV and fantasized about being a supermodel. Today she helps the sick and injured as a nurse and epidemiologist. Last month ...

Diagnosing tuberculosis early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from spreading. But in resource-limited areas, equipment requirements and long wait ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Revvity’s Auto-Pure 2400 liquid handling platform, used in conjunction with the T-SPOT.TB test. This approval introduces an ...

Tuberculosis is a preventable disease and yet, globally, over 600 children under the age of 15 die from it every day, according to the World Health Organization. As a global health burden, ...

More than 10,300 cases of tuberculosis were reported last year in the U.S., which is an 8% increase compared to 2023. What to know about this disease ...

Last week, activists and patients won a breakthrough in the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease: tuberculosis. Cepheid, a medical equipment manufacturer owned by the multinational ...