COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Hundreds of students and staff members at Cobb County's Walton High School have received their test results after they were possibly exposed to tuberculosis. Cobb and Douglas County ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Health - Cordillera region urged residents anew to undergo testing for tuberculosis (TB) and avail of the government’s free medication to prevent the spread of the disease. “Wag ...

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 ...