India will launch a new drug by next week, drawn from black pepper, which promises to revolutionise tuberculosis treatment by reducing the duration of medication for the disease.

Saubhadro Chatterji & Joe C Mathew / New Delhi December 18, 2009, 0:32 IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will unveil a new anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug developed by Indian scientists next week.

Manmohan Singh The drug, known to be more effective than existing therapies, has been developed by Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu, after 12 years of research.

Khomba Singh NEW DELHI

THE Global Fund, an international financing institution to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, will give $128.5 million to the Indian government to help check spread of these diseases in the country. The government in turn will disburse the money to relevant organisations and social groups fighting these diseases.

Perhaps not since Egypt built the great pyramids of Giza, or more recently tamed the Nile with the Aswan High Dam, has the government embarked on as challenging a national project: wiping out smoking in public places.

Mumbai: Mental stress, lack of physical exercise and poor dietary habits are decreasing the average life expectancy of Mumbaikars.

New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 76 grants for bold and innovative ideas to improve global health and three of them have been bagged by Indian researchers. Ranjan Nanda, K.V.S.

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), principal recipient of the global fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in India, today announced the launch of

Medical experts on Tuesday stressed the need for patients to go through the full course of six-month treatment to stop tuberculosis from becoming a multiple-drug-resistant disease as far as they are concerned. The disease will continue to spread unless this is done by every patient.

Affected Animals Have Been Shifted To A Panjrapol In Ahmedabad
Prashant Rupera | TNN

Vadodara/Anand/Ahmedabad:
Sixty cows on Anand Agriculture University (AAU) campus have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), causing concern in the milk capital