Tata Trusts' IHF backs startup that built low cost test to determine drug resistant TBHealSeq is incubated at the India Institute of Science (IISc) innovation – Bangalore in March 2020. The start-up works on biomarker discove...
24 Mar, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
'Enhance testing capacity and get states to ease process of registering phlebotomists'A governmental panel dealing with Covid-19 testing and surveillance has asked the health ministry to enhance testing capacity and get state...
01 Jun, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
TB detection, treatment suffer amid lockdownThis is despite the Union health ministry sending a directive to states to not stop TB elimination programme in the country, warning that p...
14 Apr, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
Nothing tangible only pompous announcements in Budget, says CM Amarinder Singh"There was nothing in the budget that could pave the way for economic reforms or raise public consumption that was an imperative for revivi...
01 Feb, 2020, 07.43 PM IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman wants to eradicate TB by 2025: Know causes, symptoms & treatment of the diseaseTuberculosis is among one of the biggest risks in India, and kills 1.5 mn people every year.
01 Feb, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Govt employing multi-sectoral, community led approach to eliminate TB by 2025: VardhanThe Centre has also increased allocation of funds for the TB programme by four-folds, he said after releasing the 'India TB Report 2019'.
25 Sep, 2019, 08.50 PM IST
How Wadhwani brothers Sunil and Romesh are using AI to serve the underservedThere is one area where India, with second largest number of poor, can lead the world. It can use AI to solve problems for the underserved ...
05 Mar, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
Johnson and Johnson to offer first TB drug in 40 years for $900J&J said India is eligible for the lowest global price and that it is working on a sustainable access strategy.
22 Jul, 2018, 11.10 PM IST
Government to create a census of 20 lakh healthcare facilities by SeptemberThe Prime Minister's Office has directed the ministry to create the repository by September, said health secretary Preeti Sudan at the laun...
19 Jun, 2018, 09.43 PM IST
- Genome sequencing to help prevent inbreeding among tigers
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Scientists are sequencing the genome of Ranthambore's tigers, the most isolated feline and one that, it is feared,...
20 Feb, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
Aadhaar or not, TB patients to get free diagnosis, medicinesNotification by Health Ministry recently made Aadhaar compulsory for TB patients and health providers but for only those seeking cash incen...
23 Jun, 2017, 10.54 AM IST
Philips takes to digital tech to focus on healthcare space and increase workforce by 25%Philips spun off its lighting division in June 2016 to focus on the healthcare division establishing Philips HealthTech as a separate compa...
06 Mar, 2017, 01.16 AM IST
Battle for access to tuberculosis medicine reaches HC"Patients need to be constantly monitored, which is why these centres are currently administering the drug only to residents of these six s...
04 Jan, 2017, 12.21 AM IST
No. of India's TB patients may be double the estimate: StudyWhile it was assumed that India's annual TB cases stands at 2.2 million a year, the study pegs this number at over 3.8 million in 2014.
25 Aug, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
- BBMP polls hang in limbo as judge's order gets stayed
The Bill, upon introduction in the Assembly on Monday , was met with resistance from the Opposition BJP and JD(S).
21 Apr, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
Malnutrition, not HIV, main trigger of tuberculosis in India: StudyAn annual estimated mortality of 2, 70,000 deaths means that tuberculosis claims one life in India every two minutes.
04 Apr, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Government suffering losses by not procuring generic drugs: CAGThe CAG audit has also revealed losses to the tune of Rs 5.06 crore in Tuberculosis Division of Health Ministry.
06 Sep, 2013, 07.55 PM IST