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Beyond condoms: A pill after sex to prevent STIs

October 6, 2023

The recommendation of doxycycline as an after-sex antibiotic is based on studies demonstrating that a single dose of the antibiotic, taken within 72 hours of...

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Gandhinagar Declaration: WHO member states unite to end Tuberculosis by 2030

August 18, 2023

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The declaration was formalized at the conclusion of a two-day ministerial meeting titled ‘Sustain, Accelerate, and Innovate to end TB in the South-East...

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Obscured by COVID-19 pandemic, Tuberculosis deaths rose globally

March 30, 2023

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The estimated number of deaths from the disease rose from 1·5 million in 2020 to 1·6 million in 2021, reversing years of decline between 2005 and 2019...