Background: Treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) is essential for preventing TB in North America, but acceptance and completion of this treatment have not been systematically assessed.

Reported cases of TB shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023, according to the CDC. Western Europe, Scandinavia and North America are ...

The test has the capability to identify latent TB infection prior to its development into an active disease. Dr Sandeep ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test ...

The government and other international health organizations have increased efforts, screening, and treating these high-risk ...

A case of tuberculosis was confirmed in an individual connected to Elmhurst University this week, with health officials ...

Many of the migrants are not screened at all for the disease, while others who are found to have latent forms of TB are released into the country anyway because latent TB is not considered grounds ...

Woke public health authorities are more concerned with equity than with keeping a disease America once nearly eradicated from becoming a threat again.

The goal is to treat latent TB infections in one day and to treat active TB in one month. "This ambitious vision aims to simplify TB care dramatically, making treatment faster and more manageable for ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection that typically affects the lungs but can impact other organs.

Someone can carry latent TB for years ... head Alejandro Mayorkas erect precautions against a disease invasion, warning that TB "is rapidly spreading through the millions of unscreened illegal ...

and treating these high-risk groups in such a way that any latent infection can be diagnosed and managed before turning into active TB. Better diagnostic technologies, including interferon gamma ...