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Tuberculosis

Good nutrition and food intake slashes risk of contracting tuberculosis, shows research from India

Yogan Pillay, The Conversation Madhukar Pai, The Conversation
· Aug 30, 2023 · 07:30 pm
A mysterious drug resistance threatens to undo gains made by TB patients

Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Aug 17, 2023 · 06:30 am
Like Covid-19, research and innovation could help eliminate tuberculosis in India

Sonali Sarkar DJ Christopher
· Jul 07, 2023 · 11:30 am
With high unhealthy alcohol use and increased risk of TB, counselling holds a solution

Nishi Suryavanshi Amita Gupta Niteen Abhivant Arjun Lal Kakrani
· Jun 21, 2023 · 01:30 pm
With new drugs and the experience of Covid-19, there has never been a better time to eradicate TB

Lancelot Pinto Chapal Mehra
· Apr 27, 2023 · 09:00 am
How poor nutrition increases TB prevalence, severity and why India must act urgently

Ritu Khattar Himanshu Patel
· Apr 24, 2023 · 11:30 pm
How push from survivors and an HIV support group led to a cheaper tuberculosis drug

Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Apr 14, 2023 · 06:30 am
The TB-free Award given to Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir doesn’t mean the states are free of TB

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in
· Apr 03, 2023 · 01:30 pm
Johnson & Johnson’s tuberculosis drug patent rejected, treatment likely to get cheaper

Scroll Staff
· Mar 23, 2023 · 05:58 pm
Watch: Bill Gates joins comedian Aiyyo Shraddha to raise awareness and bust myths about tuberculosis

Scroll Staff
· Mar 22, 2023 · 02:00 pm
Doctors are using this century-old vaccine against everything from cancer to Covid

Steven Smith, The Conversation
· Feb 12, 2023 · 11:30 pm
Should India fight leprosy with an antibiotic that might lead to TB drug resistance?

Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Dec 28, 2022 · 06:30 am
Six-month-long treatment regimen effective for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, finds new trial

Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Nov 08, 2022 · 08:33 pm
In Uttarakhand, the government is falling short in supporting tuberculosis patients

Varsha Singh, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 25, 2022 · 01:30 pm
A new book examines how tuberculosis affects marginalised populations, including transgender people

Radheshyam Jadhav
· Sep 20, 2022 · 08:30 am
Why India must urgently tackle the challenge of multidrug resistant pathogens

Sreeparna Chattopadhyay V Srinidhi
· Sep 17, 2022 · 11:30 am
Charting the way forward to tackle the twin threats of TB and Covid-19

Priya Dutt
· Apr 01, 2022 · 07:30 am
TB survivors should have been central to redesigning care policies, not reduced to an afterthought

Ashna Ashesh Chapal Mehra
· Mar 26, 2022 · 09:00 am
The availability of an accurate, affordable diagnosis remains a weak link in India’s TB care

Ashna Ashesh Bulbul Sharma
· Mar 24, 2022 · 09:00 am
TB and mental health concerns have to be addressed together – urgently

Sandhya Krishnan Keyuri Bhanushali
· Mar 23, 2022 · 07:30 am