tuberculosis

A tuberculin test being conducted. Credit: WikiImages/pixabay

The Standards and Double Standards of Dealing With Tuberculosis in India

Pranay Sinha and Scott K. Heysell 23/03/2018

To end TB by 2025, India needs to decrease...

A tunneling electron microscope image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

An Old TB Detection Test Gets a Much-Needed Makeover

Sarah Iqbal 20/03/2018

A new compound called DMN-Tre has been found to...

A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Patient-Groups Worldwide Press India to Issue Compulsory Licenses for TB Drugs

Anoo Bhuyan 13/03/2018

"So many lives depend on it,” a letter submitted...

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Tuberculosis Survivor Helps Patients Tackle Society, Sex and Stigma

Roli Srivastava 28/02/2018

Nandita Venkatesan, who lost her hair and hearing to...

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By Underfunding Its Own TB Control Plan, Centre Shoots Itself in the Lung

Pavitra Mohan and Sanjana Brahmawar 17/02/2018

Chronically low investments have made our public health systems...

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Survey Reveals Pathetic Health Conditions Around Raigarh Coal Mines, Plants

Lakshmi Supriya 15/12/2017

Doctors and activists found a higher than normal incidence...

Anoo_Soumya Swaminathan

If We Can Build Mangalyaan, Why Can’t We Do More in Health Sciences: New WHO Deputy Director General

Anoo Bhuyan 30/11/2017

Taking charge as WHO's deputy director general in December,...