Forms Of Tuberculosis

The challenge of tuberculosis cannot be successfully tackled unless special attention is paid to India's tuberculosis epidemic, a top American aid agency official has said as the US and India formed an alliance to combat the deadly disease that kills one person every minute in the country.

The World Health Organization on today recommended a speedier, cheaper treatment plan for patients with superbug forms of tuberculosis (TB) - a change that should help cure thousands of the killer disease.

An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three US states where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her contact during her visit.

Tuberculosis claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease -- the deadliest after AIDS -- a huge global concern, the WHO warned on Wedesday.

A new molecular test for tuberculosis can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available.

The challenge of tuberculosis cannot be successfully tackled unless special attention is paid to India's tuberculosis epidemic, a top American aid agency official has said as the US and India formed an alliance to combat the deadly disease that kills one person every minute in the country.

The World Health Organization on today recommended a speedier, cheaper treatment plan for patients with superbug forms of tuberculosis (TB) - a change that should help cure thousands of the killer disease.

An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three US states where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her contact during her visit.

Tuberculosis claimed 1.3 million lives last year with drug-resistant forms of the infectious disease -- the deadliest after AIDS -- a huge global concern, the WHO warned on Wedesday.

A new molecular test for tuberculosis can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available.