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PUNE: The anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children is set to become shorter, more cost-effective and compliance-friendly, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly recommending change in the paediatric TB treatment duration from six months to four months in its latest guidelines.

Anti-vaxxers are using statistics from the UK's Health Security Agency to claim those who are triple-vaccinated are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the unvaccinated. But they're using inaccurate population estimates.

Abhishek Chatterjee, a well known name in Bengali film industry, died at the age of 58. He was unwell for some time now, according to a few reports. Though there has been no official statement on his death, reports suggest he suffered a heart attack.

On World Tuberculosis Day today, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government's commitment to making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025.

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world will miss a target for giving doses to the U.N.-backed effort to deliver shots to poorer countries

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UN agency condemns the attacks it says are a breach of international law.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it had verified 64 instances of attacks on health care in Ukraine between Feb. 24 and March 21 resulting in 15 deaths and 37 injuries.

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.