For several days in May, they brainstormed ways to limit the fallout from a halt to US funding for the TB Local Network (TB LON), which delivers screening, diagnosis and treatment. “To tackle the ...

The chairman of Lakeland Dairies has said Ireland appears “further away than ever” from eradicating the “national scourge” of bovine TB, a disease that threatens the viability of exports.

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 . Sign In. TOI. Go to TOI. Etimes. home.

Mumbai: For the first time, select patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in the city are being treated with a new, shorter regimen that pr.

Based on this, a modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health (March 2025) estimated that providing food and supplements to just 50% of India’s TB-affected households could prevent ...

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 ...

Wales is making positive progress in addressing the bovine tuberculosis crisis through its TB eradication programme, the Welsh government has announced today (13 May). Through partnership working ...

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 ...

Rising cases of MDR-TB is indeed a growing threat in India, with the second-largest burden in the world, and a 40-50% survival rate. Dr. Mangla has observed a rise from 2% to nearly 6% in drug ...

Post-TB lung disease affects an estimated 60% of everyone who has been cured of TB. That is according to Dr Brian Allwood, a consultant pulmonologist at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital.

Before a significant exposure at McGary Middle School in 2023, Vanderburgh County had only one or two active TB cases at a time. But TB has been surging in the United States and worldwide since 2021.