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India's TB fight gets a boost: New Made-in-India diagnostic tests cut cost & timeIndia's ICMR has validated two new indigenous TB diagnostic tools from Huwel Lifesciences. The Quantiplus MTB FAST kit offers cheaper, open...- Maine in crisis as deadliest disease in the world spreads among residentsThe Maine CDC has confirmed three unrelated cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in the Greater Portland area, urging residents to be aware of...
- TB in children can be accurately diagnosed with simple, rapid blood test, says studyThe test, based on the activity of three specific genes, can be conducted using capillary blood from a fingertip, providing results in just...
- World TB Day: PM Modi launches multiple initiatives to eradicate tuberculosisPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched various initiatives including TB-free panchayats, implementing a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT...
- Serum Institute seeks nod for adult TB vaccineOnce the drug controller approves the vaccine, the national technical advisory group on immunisation (NTAGI) will take a final call in its ...
- ICMR's top research institute developing sputum-free tests for diagnosing TBTuberculosis is diagnosed by detecting the bacteria in the sputum. But in blood-based biomarker discovery scientists are looking at how the...
- NIRT plans study on whether booster BCG can help prevent tuberculosisThe efficacy of BCG vaccination in newborns is well known and has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in ...
- Serum Institute seeks emergency use authorisation for its rBCG tuberculosis vaccineThe EUA application was submitted on March 22 by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Serum Institute ...
- 360-degree holistic approach cornerstone of TB elimination in India: Health Minister MandaviyaNoting the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister said, "For more than two years, we have been facing the global pandemic ...
- South East Asian health ministers commit to speed up efforts to end TBThey ministers agreed to increase budgetary and human resource allocations including upfront investments required to catch-up on lost groun...
- Tuberculosis, the forgotten pandemic relying on a 100-year-old vaccineBoth TB and COVID are infectious diseases that generally affect the lungs. Both are passed between people mainly by aerosols, when infected...
- View: Coronavirus is feeding off other treatmentsExperts have red-flagged serious setbacks to the fight against cancer and TB, both already grappling with dropouts due to traumatic side-ef...
- GSK's tuberculosis vaccine shows promising resultsThe new vaccine, known as M72/AS01E, was tested at 11 sites in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia in adults whose blood tests showed they had l...
- PM asks CMs to address challenge of TB 'in a mission mode'The PM wrote that the government was committed to eliminating TB by 2015, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals deadline.
- Turmeric can be used to fight cancer in children, find US scientistsBengaluru, July 31 (IANS) Medical scientists in the US have found yet another use for curcumin, the bioactive component of turmeric that is...
- Half of 4.3 million undocumented TB cases in India, Indonesia, Nigeria: WHOThere were estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide in 2015, the global health body said that six countries including India accounted ...
- A million children develop TB annually: StudyResearchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School estimated the number of childhood tuberculosis cases at 1 million ...
- New class of antibiotics can treat drug-resistant tuberculosisScientists have discovered a "promising" new class of antibiotics that could treat drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
- New MDR TB drugs to hit market in 4-5 yearsNew drugs for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis that are expected to shorten the duration of treatment will be available in four to five ye...
- India to fight AIDS, TB with WB loan
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