The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) of the Union health ministry has launched an initiative at the Lok Nayak Hospital here to improve patients' adherence to TB treatment.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched India TB Research and Development Corporation (ITRDC) to bring together all major national and international stakeholders to develop new tools (drug, diagnostics and vaccines) for TB. The move is aimed at eliminating TB from India. 

Genital Tuberculosis (TB) in 40-60 percent of the women is leading to infertility, doctors warned here on Friday (July 31).

A new biosensor can measure what is going on within HIV-infected cells in real-time and also provide insight on the interactions between the AIDS virus and the tuberculosis causing bacteria within the cells.

A city-based NGO has expressed concern over the state of health of Mumbai, where tuberculosis has emerged as a major killer in the last few years, while some other diseases have also taken a toll on local residents, bringing health and civic authorities under the scanner.

In more bad news for people diagnosed with diabetes, the lifestyle disease has now been linked to an increased incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in patients.