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...
05 Oct, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
100-Day TB Elimination Campaign: How ASHA workers fighting to rid tuberculosis of social stigmaASHA workers like Ranjana Chaudhary are tackling social stigma about tuberculosis in India's rural regions through the 100-Day Intensified ...
09 Mar, 2025, 01.45 PM IST
Limited resources used effectively in India to develop technology: US ambassador to India Eric GarcettiThe US no longer just leads from the front but also follows, Garcetti said here Wednesday, while visiting AI research institute Wadhwani AI...
18 Oct, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
HIV infections on the rise in the state: Assam State AIDS Control SocietyASACS added although sexual transmission has always been a main route of HIV transmission in the state, it has been observed that sharing o...
19 Jul, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
India develops own model for estimating TB cases in countryIndia has become the first country in the world to have developed a country-level mathematical model to estimate the prevalence of TB cases...
28 Mar, 2023, 10.55 PM IST
Diabetics who recovered from Covid may show signs of tuberculosisAcid-Fast Bacillus causes tuberculosis and other infections.
31 Jul, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
View: Covid set back our fight against TB, but its lessons are strengthening TB management nowIn every adversity lies an opportunity, and this pandemic has provided us with one to augment TB elimination efforts by strengthening our p...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
View: Covid should set the stage for India’s drive against more common and fatal diseasesThe emergence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB strain is especially concerning, as it is resistant to the two most effective anti-TB drugs ...
25 Jan, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
As coronavirus scare spreads, Goa beaches wear deserted lookThe coronavirus scare in several countries across the world has started affecting tourism in Goa, with crowds at its famed beaches thinning...
09 Mar, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
This app detects tuberculosis by listening to the sound of your coughA machine learning algorithm was fed data of nearly 7000 infected TB cough. The result- a mobile app that can detect TB with over 85% accur...
30 Dec, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
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24 Aug, 2016, 10.16 AM IST
Amitabh Bachchan to endorse TB free Haryana initiative"After polio, we need to make India tuberculosis free and if my name can help in that, I'll do all I can," the country's biggest superstar ...
20 Nov, 2015, 03.08 PM IST
Oral swabs may diagnose tuberculosis easily and inexpensivelyOral swab samples may prove to be a "game-changer" for tuberculosis control as they can help diagnose the disease easily and inexpensively,...
03 Mar, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Quick evaluation key to fighting TB in India: StudyApproximately 8.6 million people worldwide develop active TB each year. Twenty-five per cent of all diagnosed TB patients are in India.
16 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
UK visa: Tuberculosis screening for Indians soonFrom Thursday onwards, Indian citizens seeking to enter Britain for more than six months will need to be screened for tuberculosis.
13 Aug, 2012, 10.00 PM IST
- UK announces timetable for TB screening from August 16 in India
UK today announced the timetable and arrangements for the introduction of pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening from August 16.
08 Aug, 2012, 08.51 PM IST
- TB screening unlikely to affect majority of Indians: Britain
Britain said majority of the Indians visiting the UK are unlikely to be affected by the country's decision to hold a TB screening test for ...
23 May, 2012, 10.58 PM IST