September 10, 2021
India Revises Tuberculosis Prevention Guidelines Using Findings from Indo-JHU Research 
Center for Clinical Global Health Education: Accounting for the largest absolute burden of tuberculosis (TB) globally, India’s national mitigation efforts are critical for preventing disease transmission. Recently, India’s National TB Elimination Programme revised its guidelines for preventing infection among household contacts of confirmed pulmonary TB cases, recommending Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT) for people who are exposed in the home. Among the data used to support the change in guidelines are findings from a study conducted collaboratively by researchers at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC) in Pune, the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) in Chennai, and Johns Hopkins University. 
JHU husband-and-wife researchers develop a drug to treat inflammation in COVID-19 patients
The Hub: When Johns Hopkins researchers Sujatha Kannan and her husband Kannan Rangaramanujam were developing a novel drug to treat COVID-19, they never imagined their work would become personal.

The experimental drug, named OP-101, is one they believe holds promise for treating the severe inflammation that is a hallmark of COVID-19 and is often the main cause of death.

"We have always felt what we are doing is important and could affect many lives, but losing our own loved ones made it all that more real. It especially hits home because we have a therapy we believe would have worked for them..I feel the best way to keep my parents' memories alive is to help as many people as possible with this therapy, so others don't have to experience what we did."

- Sujatha Kannan, Co-founder of Ashvattha Therapeutics
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