TACOMA –On Monday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced it was monitoring a patient with active tuberculosis who had declined treatment. Court records reveal the woman has not followed ...

As the global prevalence of DM increases, especially in low-to-middle income countries where TB remains endemic, we will encounter a growing number of TB patients with DM. This is a major concern for ...

Reports of TB date back to around 410-400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive “wasting away,” due to the way people with the ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window In February 2023 ...

Launched in 2018, NPY scheme provides ₹1,000 per month to notified TB patients to support a nutrient-rich diet, which plays a ...

Patient choice in taking treatment is framed by the physiological and psychological impacts of the disease and also by the social and cultural structures in which the person is immersed. [68] Patient ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Of 111,155 tuberculosis diagnoses, researchers found ...

In this March 24, 2018 file photo, a relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India. The number of people killed by ...

Doctors have recommended forcibly detaining people in South Africa who refuse treatment for a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, an extreme measure meant to keep the infected away from others to ...

Ahmedabad: In 2025, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's health department recorded 523 deaths from tuberculosis (TB), ...

Maria Bambina Sr. Agustina Tudu, 69, is a Santal Indigenous from Dinajpur, a northern district of Bangladesh. Tudu took her ...