Tuberculosis

August 09, 2021

TB vaccine may protect elderly against Covid, says ICMR

The new study, published in the journal Science Advances, suggests that BCG could potentially act to inhibit the biomarkers of inflammation by the immune cells in the blood.

June 17, 2021
Covid found to reactivate dormant bacterial infection, TB

According to the lead researcher of the study, there is an urgent need to study the association of COVID-19 with dormant TB reactivation to avoid a potential global TB pandemic.
March 23, 2021
New, faster way to detect TB developed by IISc researchers

The new research was published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal published by Oxford University Press, London in its latest edition.
January 13, 2021
TB in COVID-19 patients increases risk; doctors stress early detection

The COVID-19 fatality rate in the state has remained low at 0.5 per cent. But those with comorbid conditions like diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory illnesses are at a larger risk.
October 28, 2019
In most people TB is not a life-long infection: Study

It is because the infecting organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is likely dead, wiped out naturally by people's immune systems, a new study suggests.
August 19, 2019
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is a TB survivor

The 76-year-old star, who has been associated with various health campaigns like Polio, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis and diabetes, urged people to get tested and diagnosed.
August 04, 2019
Quarter of global population at tuberculosis risk

Tuberculosis, which is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, affects more than 10 million people every year.

Tuberculosis

TB vaccine may protect elderly against Covid, says ICMR

Covid found to reactivate dormant bacterial infection, TB

New, faster way to detect TB developed by IISc researchers

TB in COVID-19 patients increases risk; doctors stress early detection

In most people TB is not a life-long infection: Study

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is a TB survivor

Quarter of global population at tuberculosis risk

New drug to fight multi-drug resistant TB in UP

Master cell playing key role in immune against TB identified