Kansas is experiencing its largest tuberculosis outbreak, with 67 active cases reported across Wyandotte and Johnson counties, sparking con...

India is battling a high tuberculosis burden, accounting for 26% of global cases and deaths in 2023. The National TB Elimination Programme ...

Nearly 25 people were diagnosed with tuberculosis every hour in Maharashtra, reports based on the data shows. As of now, Uttar Pradesh has ...

This disease was once a scourge and it killed an estimated four million people between 1851 and 1910. Now, it can be cured with antibiotics...

India's efforts have resulted in the reduction of tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent in 2022 from 2015, almost double the pace at which ...

India has become the first country in the world to have developed a country-level mathematical model to estimate the prevalence of TB cases...

Though there is improved treatment outcome and a steady decline in mortality in recent years, long-term survival of these patients post tre...

They ministers agreed to increase budgetary and human resource allocations including upfront investments required to catch-up on lost groun...

This is despite the Union health ministry sending a directive to states to not stop TB elimination programme in the country, warning that p...

TB is one of the most-misunderstood diseases with many misconceptions surrounding it.

As per the report 10 million people had TB in 2018. While 26,90,000 people had TB in India, out of which 19,90,000 were notified.

The Centre has also increased allocation of funds for the TB programme by four-folds, he said after releasing the 'India TB Report 2019'.

The number of missed cases is defined as the difference between the estimated number of incident cases and notified (new and relapse) cases...

Approximately 8.6 million people worldwide develop active TB each year. Twenty-five per cent of all diagnosed TB patients are in India.

"The project will contribute to scaling up free-of-charge MDR TB services, helping many more families avoid death and impoverishment.

The WHO reckons India needs to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients to shrug off the lethal distinction of being the world's TB capi...

Countries like India and China, with high numbers of TB cases could gain more from the money they spend on diagnosis and treatment of the d...