TB drugs

17 per cent more TB cases reported in 2018 in India

Posted By IANS, September 26, 2019 at 12:46pm

In 2018, 21.5 lakh tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported to the government, as compared to 18 lakh in 2017, an increase of 17 per cent in one year.
New drug to fight multi-drug resistant TB soon in UP

Posted By IANS, June 14, 2019 at 08:57am

A new drug known as delamanid would be introduced in UP in the third quarter of the year, as per the central guidelines.
TB remains world's deadliest infectious disease, says WHO

Posted By Agencies, September 19, 2018 at 07:00am

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.
Telangana health officials to distribute free MDR-TB drug

Posted By Editorial Team, August 13, 2018 at 09:09am

Bedaquiline drug-resistant TB treatment regimen has come as a ray of hope for patients in the last few years and it renders patients non-infectious to other contacts much faster.
Combat drug addiction with this new therapy

Posted By Agencies, July 02, 2018 at 09:59am

Researchers have developed a treatment that may help reverse chemical imbalances made to the brain by habitual drug use and could one day help recovering drug addicts avoid future drug use.
Higher rifampin can be more effective to fight TB

Posted By ANI, July 01, 2018 at 06:14pm

Turns out, higher dose of rifampin, an antibiotic to treat several types of bacterial infections, can kill more tuberculosis bacteria in sputum cultures without increasing the adverse effects of treatment.
IPL 2018: Significant numbers of Indians suffer from tuberculosis including drug-resistant tuberculosis

Posted By Editorial Team, June 05, 2018 at 12:00pm

Facts and new methods on treatment discussed at the 12th Interventional Pulmonology League (IPL 2018) organized by Institute of Pulmonology Medical Research & Development, in Mumbai.
TB: Is tolerating better than eliminating?

Posted By ANI, May 13, 2018 at 04:32pm

Turns out, tolerating an infection without eliminating a pathogen is far more beneficial than simply killing it.
Role of neonatal BCG vaccination in TB protection among children

Posted By Editorial Team, March 26, 2018 at 03:45pm

WHO says Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death globally resulting in 1.8 million deaths in 2016 alone.
Why migrants must not be left behind in the fight against TB

Posted By Editorial Team, March 26, 2018 at 10:56am

The WHO TB statistics for India 2016 give an estimated incidence figure of 2.79 million cases.
New TB vaccination tested on monkeys show positive results

Posted By Agencies, January 20, 2018 at 05:58pm

If the human testing also shows positive results we can curb TB to a large extent.
This new substance may combat tuberculosis

Posted By Agencies, December 29, 2017 at 08:34pm

The substance, called beta lactone EZ120, interferes with the formation of the bacterium's mycomembrane.
Tuberculosis: Health ministry launches door-to-door campaign for early TB diagnosis

Posted By Agencies, December 10, 2017 at 02:35pm

The government plans to eradicate TB by 2025 even though the WHO has set the target period as 2030.
Health ministry rolls out daily drug regimen for tuberculosis

Posted By Agencies, November 01, 2017 at 11:48am

As per the new policy, the patients will be given fixed drug combinations (FDCs), three or four drugs in a single pill daily -- being administered thrice a week till now.
Government rolls out daily drug regimen for tuberculosis

Posted By Agencies, November 01, 2017 at 09:57am

Since 1997, under the RNTCP, patients were being given drugs thrice a week (the intermittent drug regimen).
New model of tracking TB patients holds promise for India

Posted By Agencies, October 22, 2016 at 12:46pm

A new ray of hope TB patients for better diagnosis and treatment.
Here's why you should think before you have antibiotics

Posted By Pavitra Sampath, November 16, 2015 at 10:27am
First human study of a new TB drug

Posted By Editorial Team, February 23, 2015 at 02:27pm
Why the TB drug regimen needs further clinical trials

Posted By Editorial Team, September 08, 2014 at 01:11pm
Should we be cautious about new TB drug?

Posted By Editorial Team, August 08, 2014 at 05:37pm