Cepheid continues to charge $15 per test for the diagnosis of extremely drug-resistant TB, the most lethal form of the disease. Funding for TB services in low- and middle-income countries fell to ...

Scientists have developed a blood test to identify tuberculosis in its earliest stages before any of the symptoms of the disease become apparent. Its use may help doctors to screen people who have ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hardest-to-treat form of drug-resistant tuberculosis ... Among people with XDR-TB with HIV test results, 53 percent were HIV-positive, the researchers said.