Tag: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in its third edition of the “Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis- Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection.” These guidelines include recommendations on utilizing targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests for diagnosing drug-resistant TB. NGS tests provide a cutting-edge method for swiftly identifying […]
Parrot fever, which is also known as psittacosis, has broken out in some of European countries. Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands have seen a rise in cases including five fatalities according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The primary mode of transmission is through contact with infected birds. There was an increase in […]
There’s a worry about Indians falling ill with respiratory diseases in India, especially from a type of flu called Influenza A (H1N1). Going by the most recent data from the NCDC, there are increasing cases of Influenza A (H1N1) in states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Few […]
