The Cameron County Public Health Department is investigating a case of Tuberculosis linked to a Brownsville daycare.

In the UK, the majority of people have had the BCG vaccine and so their skin tests will often be mildly positive. This does not mean that they have TB: it just means that their immune systems ...

Rutgers Health experts discuss the infectious disease and the university's role in research and treatment Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's ...

All students 22 and older are exempt from this requirement. *ALL TB TESTING (skin, blood, Chest X-Ray) MUST BE PERFORMED IN THE U.S. If no history of positive Tb skin test, two separate skin tests or ...

By Stefany Rosales Click here for updates on this story BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KRGV) — The Cameron County Public Health Department launched a contact investigation with the help of Kiddie City Academy ...

The report must also include the date of placement and the date read. If positive Tb skin test, IGRA within 3 months of matriculation required. IGRA (T-spot or Quantiferon TB Gold QFT-G) blood test ...

The Irish Farmers' Association has said that the current programme aimed at eradicating bovine tuberculosis in Ireland is not ...

There are two kinds of tests for TB to determine if you have it or not: a blood test and a skin test. When being tested, it is important to let your doctor know if you have received the TB vaccine ...

The test is sometimes called a tuberculin skin test (TST ... if you have received the TB vaccine, the PPD can sometimes return a false-positive result. The information on this website may ...

While some detainees tested positive for TB with a skin test, further testing revealed no "confirmed cases," according to the press release. It is unclear if this is referring only to active cases ...