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Community involvement aiding battle against TB in Assam

Government sets goal of reducing tuberculosis infection rate from 217 per lakh in 2015 to 44 per lakh by 2025

The Hindu · Jun 2, 2022

Inhaled vaccine for COVID-19: The pandemic accelerated decades of research leading to jab-free vaccine now in human testing

No one wanted COVID-19. The pandemic has created misery, death and hardship, and it isn’t finished yet.

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Canadian Arctic tuberculosis outbreak lays bare overcrowded living conditions

Officials in Nunavut say there are 31 cases of active tuberculosis in the hamlet of Pangnirtung, a community of 1,500

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2022

Dundee University awarded £5million for 'life changing' killer disease research

The huge windfall will go towards combating tropical diseases including malaria and tuberculosis.

Daily Record · May 6, 2022

Friday essay: writing poems across oceans, cultures and emails – John Kinsella on creative collaboration

My maternal grandfather was an artist who was a sign-writer. On commission, and under the eye of the public, he painted the giant Queen Elizabeth for the 1954 ‘Royal Visit’ and the giant Captain Cook (with map of ‘New Holland’) for the 200th ‘celebrations’. These lines, read on their own,…

The Conversation · May 5, 2022

Excessive mortality of young adults: a natural trait?

The risk of death is high at birth and during the first years of life, but it decreases through childhood until approximately the age of 10. It then begins a steady, exponential increase that continues throughout adult life. This U-shaped curve of age-specific death rates suggests that the risk of…

The Conversation · May 5, 2022

India planned to eliminate TB by 2025, but it's estimated half a million Indians are still dying from it every year

In India in 2021, an estimated 504,000 people died from tuberculosis, or TB. That’s almost one per minute. More than a quarter of the estimated TB cases worldwide are in India.

The Conversation · May 4, 2022

Nine new TRUNAAT machines for early diagnosis of tuberculosis in Indore

INDORE: State government has installed nine TRUNAAT machines in health facilities including rural ones in the district for molecular diagnosis of presumptive tuberculosis cases for early diagnosis.

The Times of India · May 2, 2022

Despite fears of bird flu, tuberculosis, Kansas lawmakers vote to ban mask mandates

Mask mandates would no longer be allowed in Kansas under a bill the Legislature sent to the governor's desk Friday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022