Tuberculosis Children

Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, which is one of the world's worst industrial disasters, and their children are now facing a new challenge - a shortage of drugs to treat tuberculosis at government DOTS centres.

The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.

Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...

New Delhi: The government has introduced Tuberculosis tablets in orange and strawberry flavours for children who don’t take adequate dosage fearing it to be bitter. The initiative, that aims to improve the treatment of tuberculosis and child survival rate has been rolled out in five states and will be expanded to 17 more states by the next month....

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) has recalled 178 paediatric patients - including 131 under the age of two years - who were cared for by a nurse now confirmed to have tuberculosis, the media reported on Friday.

A new child-friendly version of a cocktail of tuberculosis drugs has been introduced and it is expected to make a big difference to the treatment of the disease.

Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early next year, experts said on today.

About a million children, double the previous estimate, fall ill with tuberculosis every year, said a study on Monday that also gave the first tally of drug-resistant TB among the young.

Passive smoking seems to be related to and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living in a home with a tuberculosis patient.

Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, which is one of the world's worst industrial disasters, and their children are now facing a new challenge - a shortage of drugs to treat tuberculosis at government DOTS centres.

The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.

Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...

New Delhi: The government has introduced Tuberculosis tablets in orange and strawberry flavours for children who don’t take adequate dosage fearing it to be bitter. The initiative, that aims to improve the treatment of tuberculosis and child survival rate has been rolled out in five states and will be expanded to 17 more states by the next month....

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) has recalled 178 paediatric patients - including 131 under the age of two years - who were cared for by a nurse now confirmed to have tuberculosis, the media reported on Friday.

A new child-friendly version of a cocktail of tuberculosis drugs has been introduced and it is expected to make a big difference to the treatment of the disease.

Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early next year, experts said on today.

About a million children, double the previous estimate, fall ill with tuberculosis every year, said a study on Monday that also gave the first tally of drug-resistant TB among the young.

Passive smoking seems to be related to and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living in a home with a tuberculosis patient.