World Tuberculosis Day 2026: Drug-resistant Tuberculosis occurs when bacteria stop responding to treatment making infections harder to cure. Expert advises that early diagnosis and proper medication are non-negotiable.
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Tuberculosis is not essentially a disease of the poor but poverty makes it hard to come out of it.
Timely diagnosis of TB and finding a working treatment for the condition is a challenge. Many people drop treatment prematurely due to high economic burden.
According to CDC, antibiotic resistance is a combination of many factors- uncontrolled access to antibiotics, overdose and overuse of antibiotics and easy spread of communicable diseases.
Researchers say a compound found in green tea can inhibit the growth of a tuberculosis-causing bacteria strain.
The FDA has approved a new drug for treatment-resistant tuberculosis, bringing relief to patients of this deadly disease.
An Indian firm has developed a new test for drug resistant tuberculosis mutation. According to WHO, India accounted for 27 per cent of global TB deaths.
A new drug known as delamanid would be introduced in UP in the third quarter of the year, as per the central guidelines.
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day today, pulmonologist Dr. Vivek Nangia pens an exclusive article for TheHealthSite shedding light on the prevalence of TB in India, current government policies and the way forward. He is the Head and Director, Pulmonology, Medical ICU and Sleep Disorders at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Delhi.
A new study published in the European Respiratory Journal has revealed that vitamin D can combat tuberculosis (TB) bacteria found in the lungs of people with multi-drug resistant TB.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director General, calls AMR a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine. It is creating superbugs that are making it impossible to treat many previously curable diseases, including TB.
India has reported the highest number of multi-drug resistant TB cases in 2017, contributing a massive share to global TB burden, shows WHO report.
In just three to four years, humans will be able to make use of the first non-antibiotic drug to treat tuberculosis that has been now developed and tried on animals by a group of scientists from the University of Manchester.
The lack of child-friendly drug formulations makes it challenging for doctors to tackle the menace of MDR-TB. At times, a child just like the adult could be put on four to six combination of drugs which could take a toll on the little one.
You don't become all string and healthy right after your treatment for MDR-TB gets over. In fact, your body becomes a work in progress for you post the treatment. It can take anywhere between six to nine months to get back your strength and vigor.
A less toxic drug has been discovered for latent TB to cut the treatment time from nine months to four.
We got talking to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know about TB in children
Symptoms of tuberculosis can be vague, so know when you should reach the doctor's clinic for a test.
World Tuberculosis Day 2026: Drug-resistant Tuberculosis occurs when bacteria stop responding to treatment making infections harder to cure. Expert advises that early diagnosis and proper medication are non-negotiable.
Timely diagnosis of TB and finding a working treatment for the condition is a challenge. Many people drop treatment prematurely due to high economic burden.
According to CDC, antibiotic resistance is a combination of many factors- uncontrolled access to antibiotics, overdose and overuse of antibiotics and easy spread of communicable diseases.
Researchers say a compound found in green tea can inhibit the growth of a tuberculosis-causing bacteria strain.
The FDA has approved a new drug for treatment-resistant tuberculosis, bringing relief to patients of this deadly disease.
An Indian firm has developed a new test for drug resistant tuberculosis mutation. According to WHO, India accounted for 27 per cent of global TB deaths.
A new drug known as delamanid would be introduced in UP in the third quarter of the year, as per the central guidelines.
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day today, pulmonologist Dr. Vivek Nangia pens an exclusive article for TheHealthSite shedding light on the prevalence of TB in India, current government policies and the way forward. He is the Head and Director, Pulmonology, Medical ICU and Sleep Disorders at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Delhi.
A new study published in the European Respiratory Journal has revealed that vitamin D can combat tuberculosis (TB) bacteria found in the lungs of people with multi-drug resistant TB.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director General, calls AMR a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine. It is creating superbugs that are making it impossible to treat many previously curable diseases, including TB.
India has reported the highest number of multi-drug resistant TB cases in 2017, contributing a massive share to global TB burden, shows WHO report.
In just three to four years, humans will be able to make use of the first non-antibiotic drug to treat tuberculosis that has been now developed and tried on animals by a group of scientists from the University of Manchester.
The lack of child-friendly drug formulations makes it challenging for doctors to tackle the menace of MDR-TB. At times, a child just like the adult could be put on four to six combination of drugs which could take a toll on the little one.
You don't become all string and healthy right after your treatment for MDR-TB gets over. In fact, your body becomes a work in progress for you post the treatment. It can take anywhere between six to nine months to get back your strength and vigor.
A less toxic drug has been discovered for latent TB to cut the treatment time from nine months to four.
We got talking to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know about TB in children
Symptoms of tuberculosis can be vague, so know when you should reach the doctor's clinic for a test.
We spoke to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know if tuberculosis can be life-threatening
Tuberculosis is not essentially a disease of the poor but poverty makes it hard to come out of it.
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