The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed a new drug to stem the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, but has cautioned that its use must follow a set of guidelines issu
Days after Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate brought the problems of tuberculosis (TB) patients to the forefront, the government on Tuesday said that diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis will soon be
Ranchi: Jharkhand has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths due to tuberculosis and AIDS between 2010 and 2013, shows National Aids Control Organization (Naco) data.
Bedaquiline, the first anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug manufactured in almost 50 years, not only worked on severely ill patients in the city but it did so without affecting their hearts.
Patna: Antibiotics consumption in Bihar has increased from 12% in 2009 to 20% today. According to state drug control department, Biharis consume antibiotics worth over Rs 600 crore every year.
Local farmers opposing the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project in Bijapur district want the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to execute a surety bond before the Supreme Court, undertaking th
The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt.