It’s the third such warning the county has issued since the beginning of last year for possible tuberculosis exposures at ...

The school district and San Diego County’s Tuberculosis Control Program have already notified the people who are at the ...

A potential tuberculosis outbreak was reported at Southwest High School in the Nestor neighborhood, per the County of San ...

San Diego County’s public health department continued Friday to work with Sweetwater Union School District to notify students ...

San Diego County's public health department was working with Sweetwater Union School District Thursday to notify students and ...

TB is an airborne disease that is transmitted from person-to-person through inhalation of the bacteria from the air.

Your healthcare provider may also recommend a TB test — either a blood test or a skin test. For the skin test, you will need to return to your healthcare provider within 48 to 72 hours after the test ...

More than 80% of patients with tuberculosis, the world’s most deadly infection, do not have a persistent cough, despite this being seen as a key symptom of the disease. The infection is ...

"If you've been exposed to somebody with tuberculosis and have a cough greater than two weeks, then seeking clinical care is very important for the sake of being diagnosed," Meghan states.

In adjusted analyses, 82.8% (95% CI 78.6-86.6) of participants with TB reported no persistent cough and 62.5% (95% CI 56.6-68.7) reported no cough at all, according to Frank Cobelens, MD, MSc, PhD ...

Technology AI AI can spot tuberculosis early by listening to your cough The AI model was trained on 300 million coughs, sniffles, and sneezes. Mack DeGeurin Aug 30, 2024 1:57 PM EDT ...