Tag: tuberculosis

New Delhi: Leaders of BRICS countries on Saturday called for stronger cooperation in health, including sharing of experiences, innovations and best practices, and endorsed initiatives on tuberculosis, digital healthcare, ...

Researchers in the TB Alliance informed the Union Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen that Sorbequiline, a new antibiotic drug, caused stronger action against the deadly Tuberculosis-causing bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) than ...

New Delhi: The WHO on Tuesday called for urgent scale-up of research, innovation and collaboration to accelerate momentum towards ending tuberculosis in the South-East Asia region, which continues to ...

With cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise in India, authorities are set to tighten open market access to newer anti-TB drugs Bedaquiline and Delamanid, which went off patent ...

Effect on pregnancy outcomes Untreated TB disease poses a greater risk to the pregnant woman and fetus than does its treatment. Although the TB drugs used in recommended treatment ...

Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium (or germ) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually affects the lungs. TB can also affect other parts of the body, such as ...

Manila: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called on countries to take "urgent and decisive action" to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.  "This is especially urgent in the ...

निर्धारित लक्ष्य पर गंभीरता से काम करके और लोगों में जागरूकता बढ़ाकर पिछले दो दशकों में भारत ने कई गंभीर बीमारियों पर विजय पाई है। पोलियो पर भारत की ...

PTI Melbourne, July 2 A 24-year-old Indian woman who was travelling from Melbourne to New Delhi in a Qantas flight died on the spot when she developed a medical ...

Overview If you are infected with TB germs, and if your body cannot stop TB germs from growing, you develop active TB disease. TB disease usually affects the lungs, ...