Advanced HIV Disease is when a person living with HIV has a CD4 cell count of below 200 cells. CD4 cells are white blood ...

District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) E.B. Devi on Wednesday inaugurated the Cy-Tb skin test facility at the District Tuberculosis (TB) Control Office here. She said that the test is being ...

Ranchi: Skin TB testing is all set to start at the govt hospitals across the district from next month for detecting tuberculosis infections quickly and efficiently. According to experts, the new ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin. Once it reaches the skin, TB can cause a variety of lesions ...

Doctors and healthcare professionals can perform a PPD skin test to test for TB. Medicare Part B may cover eligible costs if your healthcare team decides to perform this test to help diagnose TB ...

They offer simple tests that do not take much time. There are two main types of TB tests: • TB skin test: A small amount of liquid is injected under your skin, usually on your arm. You will need to ...

Mantoux test which is a form of skin prick test can be used to detect people exposed to tuberculosis infection. IGRA (tb gold) is another test which is and in vitro test that can be used to detect ...

A new study by researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has devised a new technique to test blood sugar levels. Blood glucose ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...

Provisional figures from the Department of Agriculture show that that there were 41,630 animals that tested positive under the bovine TB skin test in 2024 compared to 28,901 in 2023. This is the ...

As we mark World TB Day, government is launching a programme to test five million people annually. It says early detection and treatment will reduce deaths.