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24% Deaths In Delhi Caused Due To Infectious, Parasitic Diseases: Report
A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the total about 89,000 deaths registered in the national capital in 2023 to infectious and parasitic diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and hepatitis B, among others.
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ACC Cement Donates Portable X-Ray Machine To TB Hospital In Chhattisgarh
ACC, the cement and building material company of the Adani Group, has donated a portable X-ray machine to the District Tuberculosis (TB) Hospital in rural Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
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Tuberculosis Replaces Covid As Top Infectious Disease Killer, Says WHO
Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global effort to eradicate the disease.
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India Develops Indigenous Hand-Held X-ray Device For TB Screening
A new handheld X-ray device developed for screening TB, enhances early detection and treatment efforts, ultimately improving public health outcomes.
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AI To Help Detect Tuberculosis Based On Cough Sounds: Google
In a bid to fight the rising burden of tuberculosis (TB) in India, Indian startup Salcit Technologies is exploring to use of Google's Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model to enhance early detection of TB based on cough sounds, Google said.
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Tuberculosis Patient Dies By Suicide At Kashmere Gate Metro Station In Delhi
A 68-year-old tuberculosis patient allegedly died by suicide on Thursday by jumping before a train at the Kashmere Gate metro station on the Red Line, officials said.
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Amid Drug Shortage, Bhopal Gas Victims, Children Miss TB Doses For Days
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.
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Bharat Biotech Begins Clinical Trials Of TB Vaccine On Adults In India
Bharat Biotech International Ltd on Sunday said it started clinical trials of the Tuberculosis vaccine Mtbvac on adults in India.
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Google Collaborates With Apollo to Bring AI-Powered Early Disease Screening to India
Google Health has announced a new collaboration with Apollo Radiology International for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered early disease screening in India. The announcement came during the company’s annual The Check Up event. Under this partnership, the tech giant will offer its AI stack for early disease screening to Apollo. The focus will be...
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India Has Maximum Cases Of Tuberculosis In The World: WHO Report
India accounted for 27 per cent of the total Tuberculosis cases in the world. There were 28.2 lakh cases and of them 3,42,000 people died due to the disease.
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Record 7.5 Million Diagnosed With Tuberculosis Globally In 2022: WHO
A total of 7.5 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2022, the highest recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995, according to a report featuring data from 192 countries and areas.
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Health Ministry Rejects Reports Of Tuberculosis Medicine Shortages
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a statement refuting recent media reports that suggest a shortage of anti-Tuberculosis (TB) drugs in India and question the efficacy of these drugs under the National TB Elimination Programme
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Flyer Vomits Blood On IndiGo's Mumbai-Ranchi Flight, Dies Later: Report
A Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo flight made an unscheduled halt at Nagpur on Monday evening after a passenger suffered a medical emergency, an official said.
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India Has Developed Own Mechanism To Determine Tuberculosis Burden: Minister
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday said that India is the only country in the world to have developed its own mechanism for estimating its TB burden.
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IIT-Mandi Startup Develops AI-Based Medical Imaging Solution to Detect Respiratory, Genetic Disorders
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).
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24% Deaths In Delhi Caused Due To Infectious, Parasitic Diseases: Report
A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the total about 89,000 deaths registered in the national capital in 2023 to infectious and parasitic diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and hepatitis B, among others.
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ACC Cement Donates Portable X-Ray Machine To TB Hospital In Chhattisgarh
ACC, the cement and building material company of the Adani Group, has donated a portable X-ray machine to the District Tuberculosis (TB) Hospital in rural Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
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Tuberculosis Replaces Covid As Top Infectious Disease Killer, Says WHO
Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global effort to eradicate the disease.
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India Develops Indigenous Hand-Held X-ray Device For TB Screening
A new handheld X-ray device developed for screening TB, enhances early detection and treatment efforts, ultimately improving public health outcomes.
-
AI To Help Detect Tuberculosis Based On Cough Sounds: Google
In a bid to fight the rising burden of tuberculosis (TB) in India, Indian startup Salcit Technologies is exploring to use of Google's Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model to enhance early detection of TB based on cough sounds, Google said.
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Tuberculosis Patient Dies By Suicide At Kashmere Gate Metro Station In Delhi
A 68-year-old tuberculosis patient allegedly died by suicide on Thursday by jumping before a train at the Kashmere Gate metro station on the Red Line, officials said.
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Amid Drug Shortage, Bhopal Gas Victims, Children Miss TB Doses For Days
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.
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Bharat Biotech Begins Clinical Trials Of TB Vaccine On Adults In India
Bharat Biotech International Ltd on Sunday said it started clinical trials of the Tuberculosis vaccine Mtbvac on adults in India.
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Google Collaborates With Apollo to Bring AI-Powered Early Disease Screening to India
Google Health has announced a new collaboration with Apollo Radiology International for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered early disease screening in India. The announcement came during the company’s annual The Check Up event. Under this partnership, the tech giant will offer its AI stack for early disease screening to Apollo. The focus will be...
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India Has Maximum Cases Of Tuberculosis In The World: WHO Report
India accounted for 27 per cent of the total Tuberculosis cases in the world. There were 28.2 lakh cases and of them 3,42,000 people died due to the disease.
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Record 7.5 Million Diagnosed With Tuberculosis Globally In 2022: WHO
A total of 7.5 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2022, the highest recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995, according to a report featuring data from 192 countries and areas.
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Health Ministry Rejects Reports Of Tuberculosis Medicine Shortages
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a statement refuting recent media reports that suggest a shortage of anti-Tuberculosis (TB) drugs in India and question the efficacy of these drugs under the National TB Elimination Programme
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Flyer Vomits Blood On IndiGo's Mumbai-Ranchi Flight, Dies Later: Report
A Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo flight made an unscheduled halt at Nagpur on Monday evening after a passenger suffered a medical emergency, an official said.
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India Has Developed Own Mechanism To Determine Tuberculosis Burden: Minister
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday said that India is the only country in the world to have developed its own mechanism for estimating its TB burden.
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IIT-Mandi Startup Develops AI-Based Medical Imaging Solution to Detect Respiratory, Genetic Disorders
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).
