The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday (Jan 5) that a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the country last year which affected dozens of people was linked to bone grafts, echoing a larger outbreak in 2021.

TB outbreak in US which affected dozens in 2023 linked to bone grafts: CDC

India carried the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB ) cases in the world in 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report. The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2023 released on Tuesday said that around 87 per cent of the world's total cases in 2022 emerged from 30 high TB-burden countries, with two-third of the cases registered from eight countries.

India accounted for world's highest burden of tuberculosis cases in 2022: WHO report 

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: The theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2023 is 'Yes! We can end TB!' After the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis cases have seen a sharp rise.

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Here's everything you need to know about TB and how we can end it

Addressing a session amid the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, 2023 in Davos, Switzerland on ‘Ending Tuberculosis’, the Indian Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, said that New Delhi extends its full support for a global plan for approving a new TB vaccine by 2025.

India to deliver global plan for TB vaccines by 2025, says health minister

Is Tuberculosis making a deadly comeback? A report predicts that TB can replace Covid-19 as the world's deadliest infectious disease killer. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Is Tuberculosis making a deadly comeback?

After beating the Covid-19 pandemic, India has turned its focus to tuberculosis. How did the fight against Covid hamper the Tuberculosis campaign? Mariam Wardak tells you.

South Asia Diary | After Covid-19, India turns to Tuberculosis

A new treatment for tuberculosis which ably cuts costs and dependence on pills for patients will be rolled out in five countries in 2021. International medical research body the Aurum Institute on Wednesday announced the treatment will be deployed in countries with high incidences of TB.

New tuberculosis treatment to cut pill intake significantly

Up to 6.3 million more people are predicted to develop TB between now and 2025 and 1.4 million more people are expected to die as cases go diagnosed and untreated during the lockdown.

Over 6.3 million predicted to develop Tuberculosis by 2025

A new report from tuberculosis research and advocacy group suggests the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns could have a devastating impact on the global TB burden in the coming years.

Coronavirus pandemic could burden global tuberculosis fight: Report

South African health workers were given a tuberculosis vaccine on Monday to check if it protects against coronavirus. Also read: Iran reports 74 coronavirus death as mosques due to reopen The Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccine is a century-old and was created France's Pasteur Institute and it is one of the world's oldest immunisations.

South Africa commence COVID-19 trials by providing TB shots to health workers

According to reports, India loses over 220,000 people every year to tuberculosis

We aim to make India tuberculosis free by 2025: PM Modi at End TB Summit

India has 23 per cent of the global burden of active tuberculosis patients and 27 per cent of the world?s 'missing' patients

The king of maladies: Multiple ironies of tuberculosis

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