Washington: Scientists have developed next-generation of antibiotics, which may fight be able to fight

Tirupati, Sept 14: As many as 16 patients reacted badly to tuberculosis injections that were administered to them at the S.V.R.R. Government Hospital here and have become seriously ill.

According to the victims, the paramedical staff at the hospital gave ceftrioxione injections to about 70 patients in the TB ward at around 7 am.

However, for 16 patients the medicine had an adverse reaction.

NEW DELHI: India and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) have signed a three-year grant agreement for $128.4 million or Rs.609.9 crore to support the continuation of flagship programmes of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).

The agreement was signed on Wednesday between NACO director-general K.

Contrary to the belief that women in their reproductive age die more due to maternal reasons, a study conducted in Maharashtra has found that tuberculosis, cancers, suicides, injury and poisoning are the major killers of women in the 15-44 age-group.

The study was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) through its National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumba

London: A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available, experts have said.

In a study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers said that when used on 1,730 patients with suspected TB and suspected drug-resistant TB, the Xpert MTB/RIF test successfu

TB cannot be tackled solely as a health problem; it must be seen as a socio-economic malady, says FREDDY DIAS
Tuberculosis (TB) rates in various countries of the world has shot up, aided by tattered health-care systems, political instability and a lack of commitment to curtail it, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

Kohima, Aug. 29: The Nagaland government has launched a five year TB programme civil society initiative to strengthen TB care and control in the country.

Nagaland has been continuously achieving the national target of 70 per cent new smear positive case detention and achieved a success rate of 85 per cent treatment.

The number of people dying from TB and Hepatitis is higher than HIV/AIDS, pointed out Leader of the Opposition, Manohar Parrikar on the floor of the House during

Rekha gets irritated easily, especially when told that she needs to gain weight. The 12-year-old is among 31 children in Majnu Ka Tila who have developed tuberculosis in the past few months.