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 ...

Medicare may cover the costs of a purified protein derivative (PPD) test if a person has symptoms or has been exposed to tuberculosis (TB). If not, Medicare will likely deny coverage as it would ...

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 ...

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 ...

Latent tuberculosis (TB) infection occurs when a person is infected with the TB bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but ...

PACHECO – Health officials said at least 10 cases of tuberculosis have been linked to a casino in Contra Costa County, prompting a recommendation for workers and patrons to undergo TB testing. In a ...

The Public Health Department is investigating a case to Tuberculosis involving an individual at D.H. Conley High School, The Pitt County Schools said. According to ...