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 ...

Washington, D.C.-based drugmaker Danaher has agreed to lower the cost of test cartridges used to diagnose tuberculosis by 20% and sell them at cost, the company announced Tuesday, a move that comes ...

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

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that more people should get tested for tuberculosis as it sees cases increase across the country. According to the ...