The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack—in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired ...

During pregnancy, it’s important to be aware of infections that can affect you and your baby, and tuberculosis (TB) is one of ...

An individual within the Aegis Living retirement community in Issaquah was diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) on Monday. Public Health – Seattle & King County is currently working with Aegis ...

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review. The review ...

xRespiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada yDepartment of Global ...

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There are three active cases of tuberculosis in Maine as of this week as TB continues to increase across the country, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported, according to the ...

Three people in Maine have been infected with active tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, according to health officials who raised alarms Friday. There was no connection between the three ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of illness and death among children worldwide, with nearly 1.3 million cases estimated in 2023 and more than half going undiagnosed. Current diagnostic tools, ...

Abstract: Current diagnostics for tuberculosis (TB) are slow, expensive, and often reliant on highly trained personnel which limit their use, especially in areas with the highest disease burden.

Flowchart of all participants. TB: tuberculosis; T-SPOT.TB: interferon-gamma release assay; TST: tuberculin skin test; C-TST: creation tuberculin skin test; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB: ...