One cough too many: India's TB fight isn't quite there yetDespite India's commitment to eliminate TB by 2025, the nation grapples with a significant burden of drug-resistant cases and underreportin...
13 Jun, 2025, 03.57 PM IST
India fighting TB in multi-pronged manner: PM ModiPrime Minister Modi launched a 100-day TB elimination campaign across 347 high-burden districts in India. The campaign emphasizes enhanced ...
07 Dec, 2024, 06.23 PM IST
AI diagnosis is just what the doctor orderedIn India, where the healthcare system is under constant strain, AI can help minimise oversight, make diagnostics more accurate and support ...
08 Oct, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
TB testing technology developed by ICMR's regional centre allows tests at Rs 35ICMR has introduced a new CRISPR-based technology for detecting tuberculosis at a low cost. Capable of testing 1,500 samples in a short per...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.49 PM IST
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...
01 Nov, 2023, 10.00 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
India in advanced stage to deliver on global plan for new TB vaccine by 2025: Mansukh MandaviyaTuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths globally in 2021, making it the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, before COVID...
17 Jan, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
Molbio Diagnostics gets DCGI nod for Nipah virus testingNipah virus testing can now be performed rapidly on Truenat, a real-time PCR platform, on demand, the Goa-based firm said. This will result...
08 Sep, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Will learnings and lessons from Covid-19 help India deal with next pandemic?Can India pull it off? Anything can be pulled off if the country has the political will to do so, it might seem like a costly affair but co...
26 Nov, 2020, 06.11 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
Let AI do the health checkIT services firms and Startups are partnering with healthcare providers to develop medical devices powered by artificial intelligence & mac...
02 Aug, 2019, 09.31 AM IST
IIT researchers develop promising TB diagnostics solutionA team from IIT-Delhi is working on homegrown solutions for easier & cheaper diagnosis of TB and malaria.
22 Jul, 2018, 10.05 PM IST
Bangalore's Pentavalent Bio Sciences wins social enterprise challengeWhile Arogya Medtech Pvt. Ltd, a Kolkata-based venture, was declared as the 1st runner-up, Bombay Hemp Company Pvt. Ltd from Mumbai emerged...
17 Jan, 2017, 03.01 PM IST
TB epidemic in India larger than what was previously estimated: WHOThe Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 which was released today, however, said the number of TB deaths and incidences rate continue to fall gl...
14 Oct, 2016, 12.42 AM IST
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMRICMR is focused on research for better treatment strategies and diagnostics and is also working to speed up rapid diagnostics for TB, Swami...
06 Mar, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Tuberculosis completely curable today; timely diagnosis is key"In 2000, i was diagnosed with TB during the shooting of Kaun Banega Crorepati. The treatment did not stop my work and i continued shooting...
24 Mar, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Tuberculosis rate going down, but not fast enough to meet WHO target"Community support groups/NGOs can be effectively used to create awareness and both WHO and government of India should pursue these collabo...
11 Jan, 2015, 11.12 AM IST