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Google uses AI tools to decode common skin conditions, tuberculosis

Goggle researchers have showcased an AI-powered dermatology assist tool that will help you understand whats going on with issues related to your bodys largest organ: skin, hair and nails

Haryana govt to eradicate TB from state by 2025: Health Minister Anil Vij

Haryana has over 60,000 TB patients and the state government has set a deadline of 2025 to eradicate the disease from the state, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath pledges to make state TB-free by 2025

After successful management of Covid-19 and eradication of encephalitis, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has pledged to make Uttar Pradesh Tuberculosis-free by 2025

A sensible vaccination policy

The costs of providing free vaccines are way lower than the costs of a freewheeling epidemic

Poor infection control, slow recovery: Dual TB-Covid-19 load hits states

Preliminary studies in India show a 0.37% to 4% prevalence of TB among Covid-19 patients while 1.14% of the TB patients screened for Covid-19 were diagnosed with the disease

Primary health to insurance: Five non-Covid-19 areas to focus on in 2021

Issues such as tackling tuberculosis and health insurance, which could have been addressed in 2020, were sidelined

Himachal govt to conduct survey to identify coroanvirus, other patients

Himachal Pradesh government is set to conduct a large-scale survey between Nov 25 and Dec 27 in a bid to identify the patients of Covid-19, tuberculosis, leprosy, sugar and high blood pressure

Covid-19 got global attention as it affected rich nations, says TB expert

The sudden focus on Covid-19 has had a significant negative impact on TB because in many countries the Covid-19 response has been built on or has utilised the TB response, says Grania Brigden

25-30% drop in TB case notifications in India, Indonesia from Jan-Jun

A drop of around 25-30 per cent in tuberculosis case notifications was reported in three high-burden countries -- India, Indonesia and the Philippines -- between January and June 2020

India will be able to end tuberculosis by 2025: Health Min Harsh Vardhan

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has accorded high priority for ending tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the SDG, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare

Missing TB patients reduced to less than 0.5 million in 2019: Vardhan

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asserted that India has accorded high priority to ending tuberculosis by 2025

India staring at another health disaster amid a raging battle with Covid-19

The biggest crisis is India's longstanding battle with tuberculosis. The country has as many as 2.7 million TB patients currently, by far the most in the world

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are we under-reporting the death toll?

A vacation-like quarantine experience in Nagaland, bad press for quarantine centres in Ahmedabad, small town in UP stands firm against Covid-news on how India is dealing with pandemic

WHO endorses ICMR's Truenat tests to detect TB, rifampicin resistance

Rifampicin is a standardised drug that is used to treat Tuberculosis

India notified 2.4 mn tuberculosis cases, 79,144 deaths in 2019: Govt

On the basis of the score in State TB Index, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and HP were the best-performing states for tuberculosis control under the category of states with 5 mn population

Covid-19 in perspective

Indians have long seen deadlier diseases. We need to take all precautions and get on with our lives

India coronavirus dispatch: How to make India truly self-reliant, confident

From reviving a broken economy, to implementing personal and public health measures, and why it's important to know if Covid-19 spreads through sewage - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Lockdown hits production of anti-TB drugs, health min seeks to ban export

In a letter to various departments, the health ministry has said the "situation calls for extraordinary measures" to make sure that TB patients do not face challenges in diagnosis or treatment.

Clinics in Davos that once tackled TB now treat burnout, depression

The World Economic Forum, held in Davos, has devoted sessions this year to discussions on how to lead a healthy organisation and a mindfulness retreat to help participants lower their blood pressure

Disruptive innovation can root out TB, says India Health Fund CEO

Manoj Kumar talks about his contribution to challenging TB and the use of technology aggregation in it