Tag: Tuberculosis

President Draupadi Murmu on Friday launched an anti-TB campaign

Using strains identified in a collaborative study with researchers comparing "high transmission" and "low transmission" households of people with TB, the scientists studied the immune pathways that the pathogen triggered in the lungs of the infected mice.

The summit 'STEP Up to End TB 2022' was held on World TB Day 2022 to reiterate India's commitment to eliminating the high-burden infectious disease by 2025, five years ahead of the global goal of SDG 2030.

Around 10 to 12 per cent of recovered patients can catch TB again, he said, adding that this is called relapse/recurring TB and is most seen in smokers, alcoholics, and people with uncontrolled diabetes.

India also accounted for 34 per cent of an estimated 1.48 million deaths due to TB globally in 2020. Deaths due to TB in the country also rose by 3 per cent compared to 2019, WHO's 2021 Global TB report said. As per experts, the deaths due to the infectious disease is still on the high.

"Despite the pandemic, we have managed to scale-up access to free rapid molecular diagnostics and treatment."

Cuttack:  A girl in Cuttack, who had reportedly fallen sick after consuming expired medicines for tuberculosis (TB), died while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Sunday. The deceased Gudi Nayak of Rajabagicha in the city had been taking the expired medicines during her initial treatment at district headquarters hospital (DHH) in […]

Bhubaneswar: A female sloth bear named ‘Mili’ died at Nandankanan zoo after prolonged illness today. It was undergoing treatment at an isolated feeding chamber of the zoo since long. The 16-year-old animal was born to Savitri in 2001 and was under medical supervision since long due to progressive emaciation caused by suspected tuberculosis (TB), zoo […]

Geneva: Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. WHO, in its latest 2018 Global TB Report, says countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030 and calls for an […]

New York: Increased consumption of alcohol in people with tuberculosis (TB) may accelerate their risk of death, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher have found. Chronic alcohol consumption modulates a host of immune defense mechanisms and increases susceptibility to infections with various pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) — the TB-causing bacterium. In the study, […]

New York: A vaccine primarily used for treating tuberculosis (TB) may be effective in reducing high blood sugar among people with Type – 1 diabetes, results from a clinical trial has revealed. Type – 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produce little or no insulin. The findings showed that, three years […]

Johannesburg: Researchers have developed a new blood test that can more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis (TB) up to two years before its onset in high-risk patients. The new test predicts TB particularly in people living with persons having active TB — a condition when the immune system is unable to stop the bacteria […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday set deadline of 2025 to free India from tuberculosis (TB), five years ahead of the global deadline set by World Health Organisation (WHO). “The deadline to eradicate TB from the world has been set at 2030. But I declare that India would be free from tuberculosis five years […]

London: Researchers have discovered a substance that may help combat the bacterium that causes life-threatening tuberculosis (TB) infections. The substance, called beta lactone EZ120, interferes with the formation of the bacterium’s mycomembrane. As this membrane is known to hamper the effect of many medications, this new substance offers hope of fighting the bacteria that can […]

London: Habit of consuming lansoprazole, a cheap and easily available gastric acid suppressant to cure heartburn, gastritis conditions and ulcers can also keep you away from developing bacterial infections, especially tuberculosis. People who use lansoprazole to prevent conditions of acidity in the stomach are a third less likely to develop tuberculosis, a new study found. […]