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Sexually transmitted diarrhea disease - what it is and is it fatal?Shigella infections affect almost half a million people in the United States annually, resulting in diarrhoea, stomach cramps, fever and ot...- Why sexually transmitted diarrhea disease is becoming harder to treat in the US, and why Canada is also concerned about drug-resistant ShigellaShigella, the gut bacterium behind sexually transmitted diarrhoea, is becoming harder to treat in the US as extensively drug-resistant (XDR...
- Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise in the US, and is growing drug-resistant: How can one prevent the disease?A troubling rise in drug-resistant Shigella infections has raised red flags in the U.S. health community, especially within the gay and bis...
- Five years of Taliban rule: Survival is not the same as stabilityThe Taliban has maintained control of Afghanistan for five years. Mounting domestic pressures include poverty and refugee returns. Internal...
- Candida auris: Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreads across 23 US states; symptoms, risks and all you need to knowCandida auris, a deadly fungus, has spread across twenty-three states in the United States. This invasive yeast causes severe and sometimes...
- What is ‘white lung’ pneumonia? What caused its outbreak in China, here is what we knowWhen hundreds of children in China were admitted into hospitals with respiratory illnesses including pneumonia, it was apprehended that a n...
- After US reports 2 highly contagious ringworm cases, CDC says ‘World is not ready’: ReportTwo women from the US have been infected with the drug-resistant strain of ringworm known as tinea. Experts say that the disease is highly ...
- 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...
- Zydus Cadila receives orphan drug status from USFDA for its novel malaria drugDrug maker Cadila Healthcare (Zydus Cadila), on Thursday said its antimalarial drug ZY19489 (MMV253), currently in development together wit...
- New study shows that higher antibiotic doses may end up strengthening certain bacteriaAnti-microbial resistance has been labelled by the United Nations as "one of the greatest threats we face as a global community."
- Global travellers more likely to pick up virulent strains of drug-resistant bacteriaUp to 80% of travellers returning from high-risk regions are colonised by MDR-GN bacteria.
- PM Modi takes pledge to support AMR; economic cost could hit $100 tn by 2050The global costs, if we do not take action now, could be 10 million people dying every year by 2050, and a cumulative economic cost of arou...
- Effective malaria treatment a step closerThe discovery could potentially make malaria treatment significantly more effective for the 3.2 billion people at risk.
- ‘Antibiotic addict’ India losing fight against lethal bacteriaThe report confirms the findings of a Princeton University study in 2014 which said Indians consume the highest number of antibiotics in th...
- Glaucoma medication may treat drug-resistant TBResearchers have discovered that ethoxzolamide actually turns off the tuberculosis' ability to invade the immune system.
- Common antacid may treat tuberculosis: StudyTuberculosis continues to be a global pandemic, second only to AIDS as the greatest single-agent killer in the world.
- New drug effective against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'On the tail end of HIV surface protein, there is a sequence of amino acids that the virus uses to "punch into" and infect cells.
- New class of antibiotics can treat drug-resistant tuberculosisScientists have discovered a "promising" new class of antibiotics that could treat drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.
- Swine flu virus now resistant to current medicine TamifluSwine flu virus may be now resistant to key medicine Tamiflu, raising fears a new outbreak may be difficult to fight, warns Australian rese...
- New drug-resistant TB strain poses threat to IndiaIndia has a major health challenge on its hands, figuring second on the list of countries with the largest concentration of people sufferin...
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