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  • Tuberculosis eradication: The global efforts to end the deadly infectious disease

    Tuberculosis eradication: The global efforts to end the deadly infectious disease

    Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to the WHO. It is estimated to affect one-quarter of the world's population.

  • India aims to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025

    India aims to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025

    To eliminate tuberculosis from India, the governmnet has taken up an ambitious universal immunisation programme- says union health minister.

  • World Tuberculosis Day 2019: All you need to know about Latent and Active TB

    World Tuberculosis Day 2019: All you need to know about Latent and Active TB

    World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year with the intention of spreading awareness about TB. With this important day of the health calendar just around the corner, we give you a low-down on the latent and active versions of tuberculosis.

  • Want to keep tuberculosis at bay? Vitamin D can be your answer

    Want to keep tuberculosis at bay? Vitamin D can be your answer

    While a new drug that can cure TB fast is in the offing, we share with you gifts of nature than help prevent this deadly bacterial infection.

  • New TB drug may shorten treatment duration

    New TB drug may shorten treatment duration

    A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be more effective against TB than Isoniazid, a decades old drug which is currently one of the standard treatment for the disease, finds a study on mice.

  • Eradicating TB from India by 2025 a tough task: The Global Fund

    Eradicating TB from India by 2025 a tough task: The Global Fund

    A top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund has said that ending tuberculosis by 2025 in India is "tough" and "very stretching", given where the country stands currently,

  • Ending antimicobial resistance is the lynchpin to #endTB

    Ending antimicobial resistance is the lynchpin to #endTB

    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.

  • A ray of hope: MDR-TB can be treated in children with second line drugs, says a study

    A ray of hope: MDR-TB can be treated in children with second line drugs, says a study

    Just changing the approach of the treatment can go a long way in treating MDR-TB in kids effectively.

  • Tuberculosis: How to prevent and manage its symptoms naturally

    Tuberculosis: How to prevent and manage its symptoms naturally

    To deal with tuberculosis, you need iron and vitamin-rich foods.

  • Not just lungs, tuberculosis affects your eyes as well

    Not just lungs, tuberculosis affects your eyes as well

    Here is all you need to know about ocular TB or TB in the eyes that has now become a major concern for the doctors.

  • TB: Is tolerating better than eliminating?

    TB: Is tolerating better than eliminating?

    Turns out, tolerating an infection without eliminating a pathogen is far more beneficial than simply killing it.

  • Tuberculosis in kids – everything you need to know

    Tuberculosis in kids – everything you need to know

    We got talking to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know about TB in children

  • How do you get a TB infection?

    How do you get a TB infection?

    We spoke to Dr Sandeep Tilawe, Pulmonologist, SRV Hospital, Mumbai to know more about how the infection spreads.

  • JP Nadda: 'TB survivors should be identified to raise awareness about TB in India'

    JP Nadda: 'TB survivors should be identified to raise awareness about TB in India'

    "TB Champions who survived tuberculosis may be identified to raise awareness about TB in various states", said JP Nadda.

  • TB in India: Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Janet Tobias feels India can eliminate TB by 2025 and set example to the world on how to do it

    TB in India: Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Janet Tobias feels India can eliminate TB by 2025 and set example to the world on how to do it

    She is the director of "Unseen Enemy", which highlights the threat of pandemics, with a focus on the threat of Ebola, Zika and Influenza.

  • Are you at Tuberculosis (TB) risk? A new blood test could predict

    Are you at Tuberculosis (TB) risk? A new blood test could predict

    Scientists have found a new blood test that could predict the onset of Tuberculosis (TB) up to two years in advance.

  • Air pollution, tuberculosis, lung cancer: What is the link?

    Air pollution, tuberculosis, lung cancer: What is the link?

    They affect human lives by large numbers, especially by attacking the lungs.

  • Is tuberculosis or TB life threatening?

    Is tuberculosis or TB life threatening?

    We spoke to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know if tuberculosis can be life-threatening

  • Tuberculosis prevention: Dos and don’ts to follow by the patient and the family members

    Tuberculosis prevention: Dos and don’ts to follow by the patient and the family members

    While TB is highly preventable it is still spreading like a wildfire here are few ways to prevent it.

  • Tuberculosis: An expert’s view on recognising and tackling this public health menace

    Tuberculosis: An expert’s view on recognising and tackling this public health menace

    Dr Bornali Dutta, Associate Director Respiratory and Internal Medicine from Medanta - The Medicity, talk about this disease.

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