Global tuberculosis report 2022
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional
Tuberculosis (TB)
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New anti-TB medicine will have no side effects on the heart'
Bedaquiline, the first anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug manufactured in almost 50 years, not only worked on severely ill patients in the city but it did so without affecting their hearts. An article to this
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Tanzania: Number of Youth With TB Increasing
THERE is a significant increase in the number of patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) amongst young people in the country. According to Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH) Director,
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Antibiotics worth 600 crore consumed in state every year
Patna: Antibiotics consumption in Bihar has increased from 12% in 2009 to 20% today. According to state drug control department, Biharis consume antibiotics worth over Rs 600 crore every year. On the
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Diabetes triggering India's TB burden, says WHO study
Diabetes has now been found to be fuelling India’s tuberculosis burden. India has the world’s highest diabetes patients and is also referred to as the world’s TB capital. Now, a study to be announced
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Farmers opposed to Kudgi plant want NTPC surety bond
Local farmers opposing the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project in Bijapur district want the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to execute a surety bond before the Supreme Court, undertaking that the
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Seals 'brought TB to the Americas before Europeans'
The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt. Instead, a study suggests that the deadly disease
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Antibiotic-fed poultry harming consumers: Study
Large scale, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance in Indians who are falling prey to many otherwise curable ailments, said a new study released here
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Antibiotics in chicken ‘hitting Indians’ resistance to drugs’
A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has linked growing antibiotic resistance in humans to its large-scale, indiscriminate use in the poultry industry. "Drugged" is the
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Indiscriminate' use of antibiotics in poultry might be 'strongly linked' to growing resistance in Indians: Study
Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry industry
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Eating chicken could make you immune to antibiotics
Each time you eat chicken, you could also be consuming a cocktail of antibiotics. A lab study released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found antibiotic residues in 40% of chicken samples bought