In a major breakthrough, researchers of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have identified a protein - Rv1860 - which can stimulate protective immunity against tuberculosis (TB).
Thiruvananthapuram: The state has decided to incorporate all the projects in the health sector under the United Nations sustainable development programme.
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh: Farmer Bablu Chouhan is waging a daily battle to clear the constant barrage of fly ash, which is turning his 5-acre farmland in Dogalia village barren.
Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology and Center for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle have deciphered how the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is able to tolerate the rece
In a major boost to government-run urban healthcare facilities in the state, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide Rs 1,548 crore as part of the Japanese government's offic
DABI, BUNDI DISTRICT: On the 55-km bus ride from Kota to Dabi, the desert spreads out right till the horizon. Such unhindered view of land meeting sky is rare for the city-bred.
Two months after the Union health ministry launched a miracle drug for tuberculosis, Bedaquiline, with great pomp and show, the drug has not been put to use on a single patient.
MUMBAI: The World Health Organization has recommended countries move toward shorter treatment regimens for certain people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), including those co-infected with
