An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

Ranjana Chaudhary, a 28-year-old ASHA worker in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar visits six to seven houses in Madhubeniya village every day with an aim to eradicate the stigma behind Tuberculosis and ...

Even lower doses of Ethambutol can Induce Optic Neuropathy, suggests a study published in the Cureus.The present study aims ...

The film "Coming Home" tells the story of Jack, a mechanic who discovers he has tuberculosis (TB) after feeling unwell for a long time. He initially resists going to the hospital due to financial ...

As those dwindle with the US-terminated contracts, he expects a rise in cases later this year of severe malaria, which ...

Social stigma is still a major impediment due to which people do not readily come forward for testing for the deadly ...

The Quantiplus MTB FAST Detection Kit, developed by Huwel Lifesciences, has been approved by Indian Council of Medical ...

ASHA workers in India are central to a campaign to combat tuberculosis stigma and promote testing. Over 12 lakh TB camps were ...

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected. This ...

These AI-enabled hand-held X-ray machines are helping in intensified screening under the ongoing pan India 100-Day ...

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. Dr. Jimmy Opigo, who runs Uganda’s malaria control program, told ...