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What Is Latent TB?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWithout symptoms, this infection is known as latent TB; it can only be detected with clinical testing, and unlike its active counterpart, it's not...
Latent tuberculosis — which is not contagious — affects 80% of tested Brockton migrants
The Enterprise via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBROCKTON — Dr. Shrein Saini tested 200 immigrants for tuberculosis over the last year. Eight out of...
Prevention of Tuberculosis: 8 Ways to Slow Transmission
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTuberculosis (TB) is a preventable bacterial infection. Prevention focuses on treating latent TB...
Active Tuberculosis (TB)
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTuberculosis (TB) can be an active infection or a latent infection. In an active TB infection, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria multiply in the...
What to know about TB after outbreak in Long Beach sickens 14
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe City Council in Long Beach, California, voted Tuesday to ratify a local public health emergency...
Tuberculosis Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere’s a look at Tuberculosis (also known as TB), an infection, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that usually affects the lungs....
University of Wisconsin-Madison student tests positive for tuberculosis, prompting notification to...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe student tested positive for TB in late January and was last on campus last semester. The risk of...
QIAGEN (QGEN) Partners With IPPA to Raise TB Screening Awareness
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoQIAGEN N.V. QGEN recently partnered with the International Panel Physicians Association (“IPPA”) to...
What Is Tuberculosis?
Health via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTuberculosis (TB) is a curable, contagious bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, it is the...
Uptick in tuberculosis raises alarm in California
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllustration shows orange, rod-shaped bacterial cells in a greenish-blue film. California reported around 2,100 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in...