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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...- Study highlights 'catastrophic costs' incurred by tuberculosis patients worldwideDespite many countries offering free treatment, tuberculosis patients still face significant costs. Hospitalisation and income loss are maj...
- Extent of TB's hold on India revealed by new data; here are key things to know about the diseaseNearly 25 people were diagnosed with tuberculosis every hour in Maharashtra, reports based on the data shows. As of now, Uttar Pradesh has ...
- Danaher cuts TB diagnosis test cartridge by 20% for high-burden countriesDanaher Corporation announced that it will reduce the price of its Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra diagnostic test cartridges for tuberculosi...
- World TB Day: Once regarded as a death sentence, tuberculosis is mostly curable today; six red flags to watch out forMen, the elderly are more vulnerable to TB.
- Mobile application comes in handy for healthcare workers as India chases target to reduce tuberculosis burden by 2025As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), the total number of incident TB patients (new and relapse) in 2021 in India was 19,33,381, a 19...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Don't wait for the symptoms, new blood test can predict onset of TB six months in advanceThis test can help treat the disease better, and save countless lives.
- 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...
- 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...
- 2.1 million cases of tuberculosis in India annuallyHealth MInister J.P. Nadda said that the vast majority of the population infected with the bacteria have "latent TB infection rather than T...
- 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."
- Need to address drug-resistant TB cases in India: Union Health SecretaryIndia accounts for nearly one-fourth of global incidence of TB and public health officials here are working on finding a cure for drug-resi...
- 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.
- India inks USD 100 mn agreement with World Bank for treatment of TB"The project will contribute to scaling up free-of-charge MDR TB services, helping many more families avoid death and impoverishment.
- 'TB deaths should be halved in the long run'World Health Organisation has endorsed Dr Georgio Rosigno's pet project Xpert MTB/TIF test which is expected to revolutionise the way Tuber...
- Eli Lilly to invest $50m in TB eradication allianceEli Lilly and Co will invest an additional $50 million in Lilly Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Partnership, a global TB eradica...
- Eli Lilly & co announces partnership to fight MDR-TBEli Lilly and Company has announced plans to invest an additional $50 million in a global partnership to fight Multi-Drug Resistant Tubercu...
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