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Improved drug regimens for TB to cut treatment time

At The Union World Conference on Lung Health, optimism abounded as new drug regimens were presented that could cut treatment time for drug-resistant TB by up to two-thirds. These regimens, with 85-90% success rates, offer hope to those affected by MDR-TB, who often face long treatments and 14,000 pills. Funding…

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Keats scholar finds that Roman police investigated poet before death

Official records show that the English poet’s landlady alerted Rome’s authorities to the 25-year-old’s illness months before he died from tuberculosis

The Guardian - UK

South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs

In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV

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KAHER hosts seminar on anti-microbial resistance

KLE Society's Dr. Prabhakar Kore Basic Science Research Centre organised a National Seminar on “Defying the Unseen Foe: Understanding Anti-microbial Resistance” in Belagavi. President, Infection Control Academy, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy Burri, Scientist-D, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Siva Kumar Shanmugam, Principal, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, N.S. Mahantashetti, Medical…

The Hindu

Medication significantly decreases TB growth, find scientists

A promising new cancer treatment looks to be especially successful against tuberculosis (TB), one of the world's most fatal infectious diseases. Read further on Dynamite News:

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WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

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Indonesia needs to triple its funding to control tuberculosis – here's where to start

Indonesia is still struggling to fight tuberculosis (TB), with the second-highest number of cases worldwide.

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Tuberculosis isn't just a historical disease. Here's how it spreads and who is at risk

Tuberculosis is often seen as a threat of the past. But it remains a significant concern worldwide, with international travel spreading the disease.

The Conversation

How do you catch tuberculosis? London cases at six-year high

Tuberculosis figures reported in the capital between April and June this year have reached the highest quarterly number since since 2017

Evening Standard

Tuberculosis alert with cases in London at six-year high

Capital’s infection rate almost double any other region in England

Evening Standard

Big Pharma slowed vaccine development

A vaccine against tuberculosis has never been closer to reality. But development slowed due to corporate interests

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New tuberculosis cases detected amid SA outbreaks

Two new cases of tuberculosis have been identified as South Australia seeks to contain one outbreak in the APY Lands and another in the Murraylands.

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Concern after another TB outbreak detected

Residents are being reassured there is no risk to the wider community after five tuberculosis cases were recorded in South Australia's Murraylands region.

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Walk-in tuberculosis centre opened at Kollumedu PHC in Villivakkam

TN Health Minister inaugurated walk-in centre at Kollumedu PHC under One Stop TB Solution Scheme. Aim is to eliminate TB in State. 86K persons diagnosed with TB, given ₹500/month & nutrition kits worth ₹1,600. Mobile x-ray unit to transmit test results to hospital. CM flagged off 23 of 48 proposed…

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Warning over surge in Tuberculosis as progress in eliminating disease ‘stalls’

Warning to public to be alert to TB symptoms as the UK heads into winter

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UNGA Briefing: Netanyahu, tuberculosis and what else is going on at the UN

It’s Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York

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Xpert MTB/RIF molecular test for tuberculosis diagnosis to cost 20% less

Danaher Corporation, which sells the Xpert MTB/RIF molecular test for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance, has announced a lowering of the price of its standard TB test cartridge

The Independent UK

Big Pharma's Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over 'excessive' drug prices

U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in South Africa for allegedly charging “excessive” prices for a key tuberculosis drug

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Cost of tuberculosis treatment halved in deal to permit generic versions

Johnson & Johnson’s year-long deal on life-saving drug bedaquiline is seen as critical move in campaign against disease

The Conversation

TB research shows a good diet can cut infections by nearly 50%

For centuries, we have known that tuberculosis is a social disease. It thrives on poverty and social factors such as malnutrition, poor housing, overcrowding, unsafe work environments and stigma.

The Hindu

Rajasthan will be made tuberculosis-free by 2025, says CM Gehlot

Rajasthan is making efforts to become TB-free by 2025. 29 village panchayats have already been declared TB-free. CM Gehlot laid foundation stones for new medical institutions and flagged off 70 new ambulances.

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Explained | Can improved nutrition help prevent TB?

With under-nutrition the most prevalent risk factor for tuberculosis, what has an Indian trial shown? How was the trial carried out? Can weight gain lead to reduction in cases and mortality?

The Conversation

Air pollution linked with global rise in antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to global health. In 2019, it caused over 1.27 million deaths worldwide – and it’s projected that antimicrobial resistance (which includes bacterial resistance to antibiotics) may contribute to ten million deaths per year by 2050.

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Trial done in India shows nutrition support prevents TB, related deaths

A large trial undertaken in India has underscored the role of nutritional supplementation in sharply cutting down tuberculosis disease rate in the household contacts of an index patient

Inverse

This Disease Was The World’s Deadliest Infection Before Covid-19 — Now It's Back

Tuberculosis is on the rise for the first time in decades after Covid-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality.

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