New Delhi, Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed Principal Advisor for the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program of the Union Health Ministry on pro-bono basis.Swaminathan is the former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization and previously served as the Director General of the...
Citing data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the recently published article says the highly infectious disease "remains common" in the region, with Southeast Asia responsible for 46 percent of global infections in 2022, "the highest in any region. the agency reported.The article also...
Hathras (UP), Dozens of bodies lay on blocks of ice inside the government hospital here on Tuesday night after the deadly stampede at a religious congregation, as relatives of the victims waited outside in the drizzle to recover the mortal remains. home.Authorities have put the death toll at...
Hathras (UP), Dozens of bodies lay on blocks of ice inside the government hospital here on Tuesday night after the deadly stampede at a religious congregation, as relatives of the victims waited outside in the drizzle to recover the mortal remains. home.Authorities have put the death toll at...
According to the police, the victim, who worked in an NGO, had befriended the accused Shyam Patil a year ago. Patil had claimed to be suffering from tuberculosis and had gained the trust of the victim. Recently the victim's wife and children had gone to their native village and Patil took...
Workers are regularly exposed to silica dust as jewelry and decorative items are made by polishing, chipping and drilling agate stones, which contain more than 60 percent free silica."Inhalation of silica dust impairs the immune system and increases the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB),"...
New Delhi [India], The Subject Expert Committee (SEC), which comes under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), has approved the Phase II clinical trials of vaccine major Bharat Biotech International's Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Live Attenuated) vaccine. The proposal to...
Aizawl: A total of 108 people died of tuberculosis in Mizoram last year, officials said on Wednesday.He said that last year, blood samples of 17,432 people were tested and 2,272 of them were found to be suffering from TB.Of the 2,272 patients, 164 were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant...
Tuberculosis is the second leading infectious disease killer globally with over 2.95 million active cases in 2020 in India alone. Of these, 135,000 were classified as multidrug-resistant TB cases.Dr. D.Y. The study by IIT-Bombay startup HaystackAnalytics in collaboration with. Patil Medical...