MONROE, N.C. — A Porter Ridge High School student tested positive for tuberculosis and officials with Union County Public Health said on Thursday that it estimates at least 270 people may have been in ...

At what point should a patient have repeat chest x-ray after reporting a prior (10 years ago) positive purified protein derivative (PPD) result with subsequent isoniazid therapy? The patient reports ...

Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

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 ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines – There is no such thing as a normal cough. The Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas is urging the public to understand that there is no “normal cough.” Persistent ...