Staff at the Hays County Health Department are working to contact members of the Texas State University community after ...

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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can deliver rapid, accurate ...

In 2018, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought forward India's TB elimination target to 2025, he cited the government's ...

The smartphone-sized, battery-powered test is a cost-effective tool that can improve TB diagnoses, particularly in rural ...

Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer ...

Hays County health officials are working to contact members of the Texas State University community after someone on campus contracted tuberculosis.