Medicare Part B may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if your healthcare professional deems it necessary to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) due to existing symptoms. A PPD test ...

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 ...

PACHECO, Calif. -- Public health officials in the Northern California's Contra Costa County are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider ...

PACHECO, Calif. (KGO) -- Contra Costa County public health officials are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider getting a tuberculosis test ...

Since 2021, Kentucky has had 118 confirmed cases of TB, according to information from Louisville's health department.

Company says TB testing carried out as ‘precaution’ after small number of workers contracted lung disease ...

New York City is continuing to outsource some lab testing for tuberculosis and sexual health to the region’s largest private health system amid a staffing crunch and rising case numbers in recent ...

In a significant health intervention, Amazon is testing its workers at the Coventry warehouse for tuberculosis (TB) after an outbreak of the disease was reported last year. This proactive measure ...