tuberculosis Archive — Page 2 of 2

May 9, 2013

TB skin testing resumes for VU faculty, staff

Routine TB skin testing, offered through Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Occupational Health Clinic, has resumed, effective immediately.

By Nancy Humphrey
April 11, 2013

National shortage forces hiatus in routine TB testing

Due to an unprecedented national shortage of the tuberculosis (TB) skin testing solution Tubersol, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has temporarily paused routine skin testing of health care workers.

By Jessica Pasley
Portrait of Timothy R. Sterling, M.D., wearing glasses, a suit, and tie against a neutral background.
March 14, 2013

New center to focus on treating, preventing TB

Vanderbilt University has established a tuberculosis center to expand and extend efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of this often fatal disease here and around the world.

By Bill Snyder
Person viewed from behind holding up a chest X-ray against a white background; the X-ray shows the lungs and heart.
August 2, 2012

Early HIV treatment also can prevent TB: study

Anti-retroviral therapy can prevent tuberculosis, even in people with early HIV disease.

By Bill Snyder
Elephant standing in a shallow river, with its trunk raised, under a blue sky with wispy clouds; a rocky, tree-lined shore is visible behind it.
March 11, 2011

Elephants can transmit TB to humans

Elephants can transmit TB to humans, researchers at the CDC, Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University have reported.

By Craig Boerner