A simple swab of the tongue could make it easier to do tuberculosis testing and diagnose millions of cases earlier.

Mumbai: Less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended tongue swabs to detect tuberculosis (TB) ...

Lucknow: Respiratory medicine department at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has started ‘TrueNat’ testing for the diagnosis of tuberculosis under the National Tuberculosis Elimination ...

Asymptomatic TB represents a substantial and persistent component of the TB burden in Japan, including potentially infectious cases. Reliance on symptom-based case detection alone may miss a ...

Objective Tuberculosis (TB) stigma is a critical barrier to timely diagnosis and treatment, yet few studies have quantified ...

Built using 30 datasets and rolled out nationwide, the technology used in the Govt’s TB screening programme is changing how ...