GLOBAL health campaigns like grand goals.

Malaria kills twice as many people every year as formerly believed, taking 1.2 million lives and causing the deaths not only of babies but also older children and adults.

With more and more multiple-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extreme drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) cases getting added to the list, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and state o

Experts here treating Tuberculosis (TB) have contested the high-cure rate claimed by the civic administration and says the city lacks modern machinery to properly diagnose and treat patients.

New Delhi: Now, diagnosing multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB) patients will take less than two hours.

The extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XXDR-TB) strain in 11 patients in the city has inadvertently highlighted the deplorable condition of hospitals treating the disease, giving them a new l

Acts of spitting in public places, which is one of biggest problems in tuberculosis (TB) control, continues unabated in the city.

In the midst of round-the-clock meetings between the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday committed $750 million to f

MUMBAI: When extra-extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) tuberculosis made its presence felt in Mumbai last week, bureaucrats and public health experts jotted down an ingredient that was dangerously low

India will soon ban blood tests to detect tuberculosis (TB) that are widely available across the country.