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Elk Grove student tests positive for tuberculosis, contact tracing underway

A student at an Elk Grove high school is isolating at home after testing positive for active tuberculosis, health officials ...
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Fight against tuberculosis stalls in Bangladesh as U.S. cuts aid

Earlier this year, the Trump administration’s defunding of USAID brought an abrupt halt to hundreds of global health programs ...

Cache Creek Casino warns customers about active tuberculosis case tied to resort

Active TB is an airborne illness that typically affects the lungs and can be highly contagious. It can be treated with ...

Tuberculosis: The world's deadliest disease is once again on the rise

The answer is tuberculosis. And it kills more than 3,400 people across the globe every day—nearly 1.3 million in 2023 ...

Popular Northern California casino said tuberculosis exposure happened on property

YOLO COUNTY — A popular Northern California casino visited by customers from all over the state has issued a public health ...

Cache Creek Casino in Yolo County issues alert over tuberculosis case, contact tracing underway

Contact tracing is underway after a case of contagious tuberculosis was identified at Cache Creek Casino Resort, officials ...

Portable tuberculosis test achieves 100% sensitivity and specificity in clinical samples

TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
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Tuberculosis case confirmed in Western North Carolina

Officials say the risk to the general public remains low as Jackson and Macon counties investigate possible exposure.
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Children at 2 preschools in Toa Payoh, East Coast to be screened after staff member diagnosed with tuberculosis

The Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said it was informed on Jul 15 of a person diagnosed with tuberculosis who worked ...