Ghana stampede kills four at TB Joshua's church

The National Forum on Tuberculosis (TB) was launched in the capital recently in the presence of Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare AH Khan Choudhury and Urban Development Minister, Deepa Dasmunsi.

About 35 South Mecklenburg High School students are being tested for tuberculosis this week after a student there was diagnosed with an active TB case. The diagnosed student is being treated and is "under isolation" until the threat of contagion has ...

(TB) continues to be a major public health problem accounting for substantial morbidity and mortality in the country and only early diagnosis and complete treatment of the disease is the solution for TB prevention. In order to ensure proper ...

An international campaign spearheaded by the WHO to tackle the global problem of tuberculosis is gaining momentum. There is plenty of good news. New cases have been falling for several years around the world, in some regions faster than others; the ...

A two-year-old boy Shyam Prasad, son of Krishnan and Smitha of Pallur ooru in Pudur panchayat of Attappadi died at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on Friday . The District Medical Officer Venugopal said that the child was suffering from TB ...

Partnership with industry helps pool research abilities, expertise New Delhi, May 16: Buoyed by the success of the public Private partnership experiment in developing the first indigenous rotavirus vaccine to combat a deadly form of viral diarrhoea, the ...

Guwahati, May 16: The very thought of having to gulp down seven tablets every 10 to 15 minutes thrice a week at a health centre can be intimidating. It is also one of the reasons why many tuberculosis patients give up on the six to eight month-long DOTS ...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit emphasizes on the importance of an awareness campaign on tuberculosis, similar to polio, so as to better aid combating the disease. Speaking at the launch of National Forum on Tuberculosis, Dikshit said: "Awareness campaign ...

A new microfluidic device cuts down detection time for tuberculosis and other important bacterial infections from two weeks to a couple of hours, with no false positives...