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One daily habit, multiple diseases avoided: Doctors advice doing this routine properly as wrong method can be harmfulA simple daily habit like handwashing continues to play a major role in preventing multiple infections, even in today’s advanced medical wo...
Amid Indore water contamination crisis, Apollo doctor shares foolproof way to protect yourself from water-borne diseases and deadly infectionsContaminated drinking water in Indore and other Indian regions presents a grave health risk. Fecal contamination causes outbreaks of diseas...
640 gastroenteritis cases, 312 typhoid, 193 jaundice, and more: Ahmedabad logs over 1,000 waterborne illnesses in just 25 daysAhmedabad is grappling with a surge in waterborne diseases this summer, particularly in the eastern part of the city, due to contaminated d...
Zydus to develop combination vaccine for shigellosis and typhoidZydus Lifesciences is set to develop a combination vaccine against shigellosis and typhoid with the Gates Foundation's support. The vaccine...
'Religion is important, but': Doctor warns after patient develops severe lung infection from Mahakumbh dipHigh faecal bacteria in Ganga at Prayagraj raises health concerns during Mahakumbh. A woman developed a severe lung infection after taking ...
FSSAI sets stricter rule for antibiotics in food items"If enforced strictly, the regulations will ensure safer food products for consumers by setting stricter residue and contaminant limits acr...
Antibiotics becoming ineffective against diseases like typhoid, pneumonia, and urinary infections: ICMR rings alarmA recent ICMR report highlights a troubling rise in antibiotic resistance in India. Diseases like UTIs, blood infections, pneumonia, and ty...
Here's why popular street food momos in monsoon can be dangerousDuring the monsoon season, enjoying street foods like momos can be risky due to increased contamination from bacteria, viruses, and fungi. ...
Tomatoes are turning purple? Here's what report claimsTomatoes have been turned into purple by researchers and they have claimed that the nutritional value has gone up, Fox Weather reported quo...
As infection cases rise in Delhi, doctors advise to maintain hygeine, avoid self medicationConjunctivitis, which at this moment is common in Delhi, is also caused by viruses or bacteria and presents as eye redness, itching, eye di...
Cases of conjunctivitis, other eye infection on rise in Delhi: DoctorsDr Aarti Nangia, senior consultant, ophthalmology at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj here, said there has been an "increase" in cases of eye i...
Typhoid bacteria more resistant to antibiotics now: Lancet studyAccording to the study, quinolone-resistant strains accounted for more than 85% of S Typhi (the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever) in Bang...
You need not always complete full course of antibiotics: DoctorsIn many situations, stopping antibiotics sooner is a safe way to reduce antibiotic overuse, said a paper published in the British Medical J...
Drug resistance making typhoid tough to treatDoctors say that while earlier oral drugs could cure most patients, they now need to give injectable antibiotics to 20-30% of the patients ...
Eight deadly monsoon maladies and ways to deal with themSome of the most common ones include viral fever, the common cold, malaria, typhoid, hepatitis A, leptospirosis, diarrhoea and chikungunya.
4.20 lakh people die annually from contaminated food globallyAround 4,20,000 people die each year from eating contaminated food globally with children under the age of five accounting for nearly one t...
Typhoid control key to prevent gallbladder cancer in IndiaThe findings establish for the first time the causal link between bacterial infection and gallbladder cancer.
Drug-resistant typhoid threatens global healthAn antibiotic-resistant strain of typhoid bacterium is spreading globally and posing a public health threat, especially in developing count...
- DRDO licensing eco-toilets to private companies
To prevent open defecation along the Dhamra coast, DRDO have taken up a project of installing 1000 bio-toilets.
- '18 per cent of Delhi Jal Board water unfit for drinking'
Mongia pointed out that the feces from the sewerage mixes with most of the waters that is being supplied in Delhi that led to such contamin...