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TB treatment is free. But are patients facing crippling costs?Government policy is to provide free diagnosis and treatment to all registered TB cases. Yet patients pay ‘out-of-pocket’ for several other...15 May, 2024, 12.31 PM IST- New AI model predicts personalised TB treatments, study showsA new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by scientists has the potential to revolutionise tuberculosis (TB) treatment by predicti...14 Feb, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
- WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in yearsThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted services for people with TB along with many other health programs. WHO said many people went undiagnosed, n...27 Oct, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
- TB patients at increased risk of all-cause mortality even after treatment: ICMRThough there is improved treatment outcome and a steady decline in mortality in recent years, long-term survival of these patients post tre...10 Jul, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
- 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
- Mylan gets DCGI nod for anti-tuberculosis drug Pretomanid for conditional accessThe Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Pretomanid for conditional access under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Prog...22 Jul, 2020, 04.02 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
- WHO announces important changes to multi drug resistant TB treatmentIn its last-issued guidance in October 2016, the WHO had restricted usage to the breakthrough drug owing to concerns around its effect on t...17 Aug, 2018, 10.30 PM IST
- Early HIV treatment may save patients diagnosed with tuberculosisStarting anti-HIV treatment within two weeks of the diagnosis of tuberculosis improved survival among patients with both infections, a new ...11 Jul, 2015, 10.50 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
- Anti-diabetic drug may help treat tuberculosis: StudyEven though drugs are available to treat the disease, TB continues to be a major threat to public health, killing close to 1.5 million peop...18 Dec, 2014, 03.57 PM IST
- Unregulated diagnostic centres of TB a challenge: Experts"Unregulated diagnosis in private sector (hospitals) and unqualified doctors prescribing drugs still pose a big challenge to control TB."02 Oct, 2014, 10.37 AM IST
- IMA doctors recommend completion of full Tuberculosis treatment to patientsCompletion of full course of Tuberculosis treatment and use of DOTS strategy is required to ensure full cure of the disease,says IMA doctor...22 Aug, 2014, 03.31 PM IST
- Drug combo speeds up TB treatmentThe drug combination, known as PaMZ, killed more bacteria than standard treatment and was effective in treating drug-resistant tuberculosis.21 Jul, 2014, 05.38 PM IST
- 1/3rd pvt sector TB drugs outside treatment recommendations: StudyAt least one-third of all private sector dosages of first line TB drugs across the 10 high TB burdened countries fall outside treatment rec...05 May, 2011, 10.40 PM IST
- Cadila promises to cut TB costs by 33% in yet another breakthroughNearly three months after unveiling its potential blockbuster cardiac drug - Polycap, Ahmedabad-based Rs 800-crore Cadila Pharmaceuticals w...25 Jun, 2009, 05.56 PM IST
- Two new TB drugs enter advanced stages of clinical trialTwo new drugs against tuberculosis have reached the advanced stages of clinical trial and could be made available for use by 2012-2014.11 Nov, 2007, 11.04 AM IST
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