Nearly half of the country’s prison population is infected with latent tuberculosis (TB), with active TB rates eight times higher than in the general population. This is not just an issue within ...

Prime Minister Modi emphasized a team-based approach to eliminate TB by 2025, highlighting the detection of over 7 lakh cases, including asymptomatic ones, during a recent campaign. What stood out ...

Yet government schemes for nutritional support are failing to meet this basic need MUMBAI: A 32-year-old woman from a Worli slum is battling tuberculosis (TB) for the second time. A few months ago ...

The Prime Minister emphasised the need to analyse TB patient data based on urban-rural distinctions and occupational categories. “This will help identify vulnerable groups requiring early ...

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 ...

Gurugram: In Haryana’s Mewat district, the familiar ‘chai pe charcha’ has a new avatar, wrapped in a public health message—‘TB pe charcha’. Leading these conversations is 24-year-old ...

There are more than three million people alive in South Africa who have been cured of TB. But even after being cured, many continue to suffer the long-term after-effects of the disease. To find out ...

The price of pretomanid, a key component used in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), dropped by 25% in April, to less than $1 per day, primarily owing to Indian manufacturers ...

Speaking at the first day of the World Health Summit (WHS) Regional Meeting during the panel discussion Asia Region TB Vaccine R&D Financing, Dr. Swaminathan emphasised that an effective TB ...

Badger culling and vaccination in bovine TB hotspots across low-risk areas (LRAs) of England is being linked to dramatic reductions in disease prevalence, according to new data from a Defra report.

Tuberculosis (TB) cases rose 13 per cent in England last year, with increases among both immigrants and people born in the UK. Anja Madhvani was already sick when she ran out of water in the ...

A visit to the tuberculosis (TB) wards in Maracha and Arua regional referral hospitals reveals a grim reality; children coughing persistently, struggling to breathe, and wailing in pain.