A TB blood test can find out whether you have the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in your body. Whether you need to get tested and how often depends on your specific circumstances. A blood test ...

Every year, on March 24, people around the world come together to recognize World Tuberculosis Day. This day is important because it helps raise awareness about tuberculosis, a serious disease that ...

World Tuberculosis Day: Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. Early ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that ...

World Tuberculosis Day is observed on March 24. This day is about creating awareness about tuberculosis, its causes, symptoms ...

Though TB remains the world's top infectious disease killer, there's cause for hope, Fred Hutch Cancer Center experts say.

This World TB Day, affordable, easy-to-use rapid tests for tuberculosis — the world's most deadly infectious disease — are expanding access to screenings and treatments.