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Over 10.3 lakh tuberculosis cases and 44,800 deaths due to the disease were reported between January and May this year

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease.

The BCG vaccine offers multiple beneficial effects, and it's currently a recommended therapy for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

According to official figures, 2,915 people were infected in 2022 as against 1,980 in 2021

In an alarming trend, Tuberculosis (TB) cases have increased by 47 per cent in Nalgonda district in 2022 compared to 2021.

For the next three years nutritional kits would be supplied to the patients at their doorsteps every month. A budget of Rs 1.5 crore has been allotted for the purpose, said Dr. B Partha Saradhi Reddy

TRUNCATE-TB trial promises that the patients can be cured before the standard 6-month treatment.

Siddipet: Health Minister T Harish Rao said the Telangana government was aiming to make the State Tuberculosis free by 2025. Addressing a gathering after launching the distribution of nutrition kits to TB patients in Siddipet on Saturday, the Minister said there were 39,000 identified TB patients across Telangana. While Siddipet district was having 1,000 patients, […]

Prof Rajendra Prasad, renowned pulmonologist, said that he has come across TB patients, who had been severely infected with the novel coronavirus during the second wave.

Karimnagar: Expressing deep concern over the resumption of TB (Tuberculosis), TS Planning Board vice-chairman, B Vinod Kumar emphasized the need to check the disease by educating the people. Public representatives including MPs, MLAs, MLCs, ZPTCs, MPTCs, Sarpanches and government officials including Tahsildars, RDOs and Collectors should take up campaigns against TB in a big way. […]

New Delhi: On World Tuberculosis Day today, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025. He said this will be achieved by ensuring access to quality healthcare and advanced treatment. “Tuberculosis is a preventable & treatable disease. On World TB Day, we reaffirm commitment to make India TB-free […]

Hyderabad: Telangana is on track to achieve the goal of eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 with health authorities already ensuring three districts – Nizamabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Khammam as ‘TB free’ and set to launch aggressive TB diagnostics and treatment services in the coming months. Achieving TB free status is quite a challenge as it […]

Researchers from the University of Cape Town presented the study at the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, being held online between October 19-22.

Mancherial: IT and Industries Minister K T Rama came to the rescue of Durgam Bheemaiah, a daily wage earners and native of Nennal, by assuring all support to him in treatment of tuberculosis. His office responded to a tweet by an NRI software engineer, Thode Krishna Reddy, who drew the Minister’s attention to Bheemaiah’s plight […]

India has the highest burden, accounting for over 27% of the total cases in the world

Previous studies have reported that BCG vaccination may confer protection against respiratory tract infections, involving viral infections.

The study findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Globally, an estimated 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year and the disease remains a leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung infection that has killed more humans than any other and until last year was the top infectious killer around the world. Globally, an estimated 10 million people develop the disease each year.

In the last few months, State TB Cell put in efforts to build enough stock for patients across the State

Company to initiate mRNA-based vaccine development to treat infectious diseases and genetic disorders