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

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for decades.

The Conversation

Tuberculosis symptoms as case of deadly Victorian disease confirmed in UK school

A case has of the potentially fatal infection has been confirmed following a routine TB screening test carried out for precaution.

Daily Record

Karnataka has the third highest number of TB-HIV co-infection cases in India

The prevalence of HIV positivity among Tuberculosis (TB) patients in Karnataka is the third highest in the country after Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, according to data from National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) outlined in the India TB Report 2023.

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Explained | India’s diabetes epidemic is making India’s TB epidemic worse

Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor that increases the incidence and severity of tuberculosis. Also, DM and TB co-infections adversely affect TB treatment outcomes in a patient.

The Hindu

India has set a target of eradicating tuberculosis by 2025: PM Modi in 'Mann ki Baat'

India has set a target of eradicating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 and 'Ni-kshay Mitra' has taken charge of this movement against the disease, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Research shows India can shorten tuberculosis treatment

Recent studies have found that the length of time tuberculosis patients need to stay on their regimen can be reduced from six to four months. India however is yet to implement any policy that takes advantage of this option, even as its goal to eliminate TB by 2025 approaches the…

The Hindu

'One life is lost every 20 seconds globally - it's time to talk about tuberculosis'

Rachael Bletchly says tuberculosis, a 9,000-year-old disease, has never been conquered and still kills one person in the world every 20 seconds - so urgent action is needed

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The resurgence of ‘ticking timebomb’ tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is set to overtake Covid-19 as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, with medical experts warning its resurgence represents a “ticking timebomb” healthcare emergency.

The Week

Deadly ancient disease overtaking Covid as warning UK facing ticking timebomb

Covid-19 is being replaced by Tuberculosis (TB) as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, as medical experts warn of the threat it poses to the UK.

Daily Record

Woman with tuberculosis is arrested for refusing to isolate for a year

Woman known only as ‘V.N.’ was placed in a specially-equipped detention room at the Pierce County Jail in Washington state three months after a judge issued a warrant for her arrest

The Independent UK

A woman is in custody after refusing tuberculosis treatment for more than a year

A judge in Tacoma, Wash., approved a civil warrant for the woman's arrest after 16 requests for intervention from local health officials. Police observed the woman board a bus and visiting a casino.

WEKU

Tuberculosis is a global health threat

If public health infrastructure isn’t strengthened, experts say the risk of more TB cases and deaths will increase worldwide, a Yale University physician writes. The U.S. should build on the momentum developed during COVID-19 to address TB.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman dies of deadly tuberculosis after doctors began treating TB too late

Carrianne Franks, RAF nurse, contracted TB while working at a London hospital, with doctors missing opportunities to test her for the disease and diagnosing her with Covid-19

Daily Mirror

Treatment was 'too late' for RAF sergeant nurse who died from 'missed' tuberculosis

Carrianne Franks died months after she became ill

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The Hindu

TB testing stuck in the previous century, and waiting for change

In Nature journal, Dr. Madhukar Pai, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan and Puneet K. Dewan recommend for tuberculosis using molecular tests with non-sputum samples in a decentralised facility that can test for multiple conditions.

The Conversation

African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases -- a giant step

Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and tuberculosis are among them.

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Tuberculosis rates rocket amid Ukraine, Sudan conflicts

Disease surges as health officials try to address the accessibility of treatments and new vaccine trials.

The Independent UK

Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than COVID-19 or AIDS

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Vaccine researchers team up with US

Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute (NVI) has joined hands with the US Vaccine Research Centre (VRC) for vaccines against tuberculosis, including Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.

The Hindu

Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment centre opened at Christian Medical College, Ranipet

Ranipet Collector S. Valarmathi inaugurated a Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DRTB) treatment centre at the newly-opened Christian Medical College (CMC) campus in Ranipet on the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

New surge 'could see 10,000 daily cases for a short time only'

The number of daily Covid-19 cases is likely to reach 5,000-10,000 during a new wave but numbers probably will drop quite quickly after that, says Dr Nitipatana Chierakul, head of the Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Division at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.

Daily Mirror

Woman with TB jailed after ignoring order to isolate or get treatment for a YEAR

A woman in Tacoma, Washington, has been detained in jail after she was seen leaving her home, riding a bus and visiting a local casino despite having tuberculosis

Daily Mirror

Badger cull death toll reaches 200,000 as wildlife experts warn of 'empty setts'

Figures quietly slipped out while MPs are away from Westminster lay bare the extent of the decade-long killing programme aimed at curbing bovine tuberculosis

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COVID-19 cases on the rise in South Australia, peak expected in coming days

COVID-19 cases continue to climb in South Australia with the latest modelling predicting an extra 600 cases daily in coming days.

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