The most dangerous type -- multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or MDR-TB -- can't be cured by the usual rounds of antibiotics. But a new study finds significant success in new treatment options.

A TB awareness hoarding near Goalpara Civil Hospital was replaced by a movie poster, prompting official complaints.

The BMC reported that the cure rates of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB, the most severe form of TB, have doubled to 80% in the last eight years. “In Dharavi, TB deaths dropped from 15% of the ...