San Francisco public health officials issued a health advisory after identifying a tuberculosis outbreak in a private ...

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 ...

Health officials warned physicians to be aware of potential TB symptoms.

The Mantoux test during pregnancy is a simple skin test that checks if your body has ever come into contact with tuberculosis (TB) bacteria. TB, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through ...

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 ...