Gross mismanagement: On TB drug shortages when India wants to ‘eliminate’ TB by 2025
With less than two years left to achieve the ambitious goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 to
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Over-reliance on smear microscopy for TB detection continues
The overreliance on smear microscopy has continued in 2023 with 79% of presumptive TB cases detected using smear microscopy and
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Dangerous game: On Patanjali Ayurved’s claims
In February 2024, the Supreme Court of India issued a contempt notice against Patanjali Ayurved for publishing misleading advertisements that were in
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India-made typhoid vaccine efficacy lasts for four years
The efficacy of the conjugated typhoid vaccine at the end of 4.3 years of median follow-up was 70·6% for children
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With pooled procurement, cancer drugs cost 82% less in India
In 1995, Tamil Nadu pioneered the centralised procurement and distribution of drugs and medicines to government hospitals across the State.
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Missing TB cases in the private sector
India made notification of TB patients mandatory in 2012 to address the problem of delayed diagnosis, suboptimal quality of care,
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Should India study wastewater to track malaria, dengue?
Choosing priority pathogens for wastewater surveillance should be based not just on feasibility of the detection but also on the
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Compensation to participants in human challenge studies should not incentivise risk-taking
ICMR’s consensus policy statement on human challenge studies insists that payment should take into account the loss of wages, incidental
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Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug
Though the Central TB Division has not supplied 3HP drugs to States since its roll-out in March, Tamil Nadu and
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False alarm: On the outbreak of influenza-like illness in China
Nearly four years after the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province in China, resulting in
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U.S. data underscore benefits of chickenpox vaccination
Twenty-five years of data (1995-2019) from the U.S. show a sharp drop in the incidence of chickenpox and shingles in
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Always modified my Twitter use in accordance with eLife board’s feedback: Michael Eisen
Responding to the journal’s clarification for firing its Editor-in-Chief, Michael Eisen told The Hindu: “I disagree completely with their assessment of
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Egypt is racing to eliminate hepatitis C
Egypt was able to achieve huge success with hepatitis C due to population-based surveys to understand the hepatitis C epidemic
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