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 ...

The health care system in California could save nearly $1.3 million a year with few adverse public health effects if it discontinued universal tuberculosis skin testing of children entering ...

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 ...

The latent TB testing market presents opportunities through government support, tech advances in multiplex and molecular diagnostics, POC testing, telemedicine, and personalized medicine. These ...

PROVINCIAL Health Consultant Elisse Nicole Catalan announced on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a new collaboration with a World ...

Seattle & King County says it is following up after a person associated with Rainier Beach High School in Seattle was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. Health officials are working with the school ...

A nationwide shortage of the basic material needed for tuberculosis skin tests required by law for students entering both the Department of Education Schools and the University of Guam has left the ...

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...

Public Health – Seattle & King County confirmed a diagnosis of “active tuberculosis” (TB) at a high school in south Seattle.

While there is a vaccine for TB, it’s not generally recommended in the U.S. because of the low risk of severe disease in the ...