A confirmed case of active tuberculosis at Tiyan High School has ... to the bacteria causing the infectious lung disease from the patient, and failure to complete the required test by Jan. 31 ...

The health department and school district are working to track down anyone who may have spent extended periods of time around the tuberculosis patient while they were contagious. Anyone identified ...

ART, antiretroviral therapy; BCG, Bacille Calmette-Guérin; * p-value compared the patients with past or current TB and previous positive TST with patients with no past or current TB nor positive TST.

Kansas is experiencing its most significant tuberculosis outbreak, with 67 active and 79 latent cases reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Despite the outbreak's scale, health officials ...

The aim of this systematic review of qualitative studies was to understand the factors considered important by patients, caregivers and health care providers in contributing to TB medication ...

TB infections have been rising every year since 2020 after 30 years of decline. Now, a historic outbreak in Kansas is highlighting the disturbing trend. A colorized X-ray of a patient's chest ...

Aug. 12, 2020 — New drug regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis shows early effectiveness in 85 percent of patients in a cohort including many with serious comorbidities. The results ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

Alaska’s rates of tuberculosis inched up in the past year ... In the past, officials sometimes whisked patients away to distant hospitals, without much explanation or communication to family ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Driscoll Children's Hospital debuted its new Patient Playground on Thursday, Feb. 6. The state-of-the-art playground is specifically for the kiddos who are staying in the ...

FORT MYERS, Fla., Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) this week celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art facility at 750 Orienta Ave., ...

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