People no longer need a TB test before starting risankizumab (Skyrizi®), unless their healthcare professional decides ...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world’s leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite being treatable, gaps in screening and diagnosis have allowed the disease ...

While rich in TB bacteria required for testing, collecting sputum is difficult, making it inefficient for large-scale community testing. Sputum testing is also unfeasible in about 25% of symptomatic ...

Medical science has advanced leaps to transform tuberculosis (TB) from a ticket to certain death to a treatable, manageable disease. Yet, taboo surrounding the transmission and treatment of ...

May 22, 2023, News Staff — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently issued an updated final recommendation to screen asymptomatic adults who are at increased risk for latent tuberculosis ...

Newswise — ATLANTA — New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that tuberculosis (TB) screening and ongoing clinical care is needed for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “I think it is prudent for people who are managing patients who may be at a greater risk for TB, either because ...

The WHO has issued new targets for long-acting injectable TB medicines that could reduce months of daily pills to a single ...

A ten-year Israeli cohort study found that 0.6 percent of screened Ethiopian migrants developed tuberculosis after arrival, ...

Chennai, Oct. 31 -- Highlights: ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...