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India May.6.20

Worrying dip in TB registration

India’s average weekly count of reported cases over the 3 weeks after March 22 was 11,367 compared to the average weekly count of 45,875 in the previous weeks of 2020
By G.S. Mudur
Opinion Feb.27.20

Unrealistic goal

Readers' Speak: Tuberculosis on the rise in India; menstruation taboos in India
By The Telegraph
Health Feb.25.20

Tuberculosis drug shortage alert

Clofazimine stockouts appear to be the result of the cessation of its production by Abbott Healthcare, which accounts for 98% of the drug's market share
By G.S. Mudur
Health Jan.3.20

Vaccine dose tweak hope in TB care

It can protect children from TB meningitis and other severe forms of TB, but is less effective in adolescents and adults
By G.S. Mudur
West Bengal Dec.19.19

Art tells story of tuberculosis

25 students at a school on Nilmoni Mitra Street were handed cards and engaged in Loteria
By Chandreyee Ghose
Science Dec.1.19

Lessons from market tweak on TB test

Deo had provided advice on the design of the initiative, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
By G.S. Mudur
India Oct.28.19

Indian scientists stir Tuberculosis breakthrough hope

The implications are extensive and open up the possibility of therapeutic intervention of latent (dormant) TB
By G.S. Mudur
India Sep.23.19

Curcumin hope in TB fight

The protective effect of the BCG vaccine diminishes over time and is lost by the time children turn 10 or 12
By G.S. Mudur
World Aug.17.19

US regulator stamp on drug to treat deadliest tuberculosis

US drug regulators approved a new compound for use with two other drugs to treat the deadliest form of TB
By Our Special Correspondent
Health Aug.16.19

Nod to drug to treat deadliest tuberculosis

FDA approved pretomanid as part of a three-drug, 6-month oral regimen to treat patients with extensively drug resistant TB
By Our Special Correspondent

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