Tuberculosis
TB screening for Indians soon in UK
From Thursday onwards, Indian citizens seeking to enter Britain for more than six months will need to be screened for tuberculosis before they are granted a visa, official sources said.
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US firm gets $220 mn Gates grant to combat TB
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a grant of up to US $220 million over five years to Aeras, one of the world's largest not-for-profit biotechs, developing modern vaccines to combat tu
Central team to probe drug resistant TB cases in Mumbai
With a Mumbai hospital reporting the first case of total drug resistant (TDR) tuberculosis (TB) in the country, the health ministry on Tuesday sent a team to Mumbai to ascertain facts about the new de
India leads world with 25 lakh TB cases, says WHO
India has become the world hub for tuberculosis.
According to the latest World Health Organi-sation (WHO) report, India leads the world with around 25 lakh TB cases, ahead of China, which reports on
UK blames India for rise in TB cases
Health experts from Hyderabad have taken strong exception to the charge that Indians harbouring tuberculosis germ in its latent form are responsible for the spread of TB in the United Kingdom.
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