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Mumbai continues to witness a high TB burden, with over 53,638 new cases reported in 2024 alone. On average, the city sees 50,000 to 55,000 new TB infections annually. While the central government ...
Puducherry has emerged as a frontrunner in Tuberculosis (TB) testing, ramping up examinations of presumptive TB patients from 2,233 per lakh population in 2015 to 2,526 per lakh in 2024, officials ...
Puducherry has become the first in the country to screen tuberculosis (TB) patients under the Family Adoption Programme, or FAP, which entails MBBS students adopting families to monitor their health ...
Zimbabwe has reiterated its commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, with the National AIDS Council (NAC) doubling down on efforts to sustain life-saving HIV programmes despite ...
Nunavut's health department has officially declared an end to years-long tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet ...
Tuberculosis outbreaks in Pond Inlet and Pangnirtung have been resolved, according to Nunavut's Department of Health on July ...
New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...