Travelers from six Asian countries where tuberculosis is prevalent will have to undergo screenings for the disease before visiting Japan for three months or longer, the health ministry announced Dec.

Researchers at the Thiruvananthapuram-based Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) have developed and tested a novel, cost-effective, real-time LAMP (rt-LAMP) ...

The new test may catch active tuberculosis in those with low access to health care or who have trouble making the phlegm ...

Most TB tests still require a trip to the clinic. Now, new technology has made it possible to test people at home. This could be a big deal for South Africa, where much TB goes undiagnosed. One of the ...

Every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), tens of thousands of people who fall ill with tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa are not diagnosed. Globally, of the estimated 10 million ...

QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced plans to advance its QuantiFERON latent tuberculosis ...

Ranchi: Skin TB testing is all set to start at the govt hospitals across the district from next month for detecting tuberculosis infections quickly and efficiently. According to experts, the new ...