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Acute shortage of crucial TB medicine hinders government's TB elimination program in UP's Pilibhit

PILIBHIT: The absence of a critical medicine, "clofazimine 100 mg", at the district tuberculosis center in Pilibhit has become a major roadblock in the Centre's National Tuberculosis Elimination Program, which aims to make India tuberculosis-free by 2025.

The Times of India

Xpert MTB/RIF molecular test for tuberculosis diagnosis to cost 20% less

Danaher Corporation, which sells the Xpert MTB/RIF molecular test for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance, has announced a lowering of the price of its standard TB test cartridge

The Hindu

Big Pharma's Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over 'excessive' drug prices

U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in South Africa for allegedly charging “excessive” prices for a key tuberculosis drug

The Independent UK

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Cost of tuberculosis treatment halved in deal to permit generic versions

Johnson & Johnson’s year-long deal on life-saving drug bedaquiline is seen as critical move in campaign against disease

The Guardian - UK

TB research shows a good diet can cut infections by nearly 50%

For centuries, we have known that tuberculosis is a social disease. It thrives on poverty and social factors such as malnutrition, poor housing, overcrowding, unsafe work environments and stigma.

The Conversation

Rajasthan will be made tuberculosis-free by 2025, says CM Gehlot

Rajasthan is making efforts to become TB-free by 2025. 29 village panchayats have already been declared TB-free. CM Gehlot laid foundation stones for new medical institutions and flagged off 70 new ambulances.

The Hindu

Explained | Can improved nutrition help prevent TB?

With under-nutrition the most prevalent risk factor for tuberculosis, what has an Indian trial shown? How was the trial carried out? Can weight gain lead to reduction in cases and mortality?

The Hindu

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Air pollution linked with global rise in antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to global health. In 2019, it caused over 1.27 million deaths worldwide – and it’s projected that antimicrobial resistance (which includes bacterial resistance to antibiotics) may contribute to ten million deaths per year by 2050.

The Conversation

Trial done in India shows nutrition support prevents TB, related deaths

A large trial undertaken in India has underscored the role of nutritional supplementation in sharply cutting down tuberculosis disease rate in the household contacts of an index patient

The Hindu

This Disease Was The World’s Deadliest Infection Before Covid-19 — Now It's Back

Tuberculosis is on the rise for the first time in decades after Covid-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality.

Inverse

Johnson and Johnson shares licence for tuberculosis drug after novelist’s viral campaign

Disease kills millions each year even though it’s curable

The Independent UK

Why Do We Cough? The Surprisingly Complex Science of the Misunderstood Reflex

Scientists are revealing new secrets of the reflex that protects our lungs, spreads disease and irritates us all

Inverse

Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for decades.

The Conversation

Tuberculosis symptoms as case of deadly Victorian disease confirmed in UK school

A case has of the potentially fatal infection has been confirmed following a routine TB screening test carried out for precaution.

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The Hindu

Karnataka has the third highest number of TB-HIV co-infection cases in India

The prevalence of HIV positivity among Tuberculosis (TB) patients in Karnataka is the third highest in the country after Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, according to data from National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) outlined in the India TB Report 2023.

The Hindu

Explained | India’s diabetes epidemic is making India’s TB epidemic worse

Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor that increases the incidence and severity of tuberculosis. Also, DM and TB co-infections adversely affect TB treatment outcomes in a patient.

Dynamite News

India has set a target of eradicating tuberculosis by 2025: PM Modi in 'Mann ki Baat'

India has set a target of eradicating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 and 'Ni-kshay Mitra' has taken charge of this movement against the disease, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Research shows India can shorten tuberculosis treatment

Recent studies have found that the length of time tuberculosis patients need to stay on their regimen can be reduced from six to four months. India however is yet to implement any policy that takes advantage of this option, even as its goal to eliminate TB by 2025 approaches the…

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Daily Mirror

'One life is lost every 20 seconds globally - it's time to talk about tuberculosis'

Rachael Bletchly says tuberculosis, a 9,000-year-old disease, has never been conquered and still kills one person in the world every 20 seconds - so urgent action is needed

The Week

The resurgence of ‘ticking timebomb’ tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is set to overtake Covid-19 as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, with medical experts warning its resurgence represents a “ticking timebomb” healthcare emergency.

Daily Record

Deadly ancient disease overtaking Covid as warning UK facing ticking timebomb

Covid-19 is being replaced by Tuberculosis (TB) as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, as medical experts warn of the threat it poses to the UK.

The Independent UK

Woman with tuberculosis is arrested for refusing to isolate for a year

Woman known only as ‘V.N.’ was placed in a specially-equipped detention room at the Pierce County Jail in Washington state three months after a judge issued a warrant for her arrest

WEKU

A woman is in custody after refusing tuberculosis treatment for more than a year

A judge in Tacoma, Wash., approved a civil warrant for the woman's arrest after 16 requests for intervention from local health officials. Police observed the woman board a bus and visiting a casino.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tuberculosis is a global health threat

If public health infrastructure isn’t strengthened, experts say the risk of more TB cases and deaths will increase worldwide, a Yale University physician writes. The U.S. should build on the momentum developed during COVID-19 to address TB.

Daily Mirror

Woman dies of deadly tuberculosis after doctors began treating TB too late

Carrianne Franks, RAF nurse, contracted TB while working at a London hospital, with doctors missing opportunities to test her for the disease and diagnosing her with Covid-19

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