An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) ...

In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...

New York University researchers say a simple, gene-based blood test has shown to be highly accurate in predicting whether ...

Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study ...

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When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

Preliminary data show that rates of tuberculosis infection in 2024 were the highest seen in more than 12 years. HealthDay News — Preliminary data released this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) E.B. Devi on Wednesday inaugurated the Cy-Tb skin test facility at the District Tuberculosis (TB) Control Office here. She said that the test is being ...

Medicare may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if a person has symptoms or has been exposed to tuberculosis (TB). If not, Medicare will likely deny coverage as it would ...

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services Tuberculosis/Hansen’s Disease Control Program and the Bureau of Family Health and Nursing Services have ...

The skin TB test involves injecting a small amount of tuberculin (PPD) under the skin on the forearm and checking for a reaction (swelling) after 48-72 hours. A positive result indicates a ...