Biocon arm gets Health Canada nod for fungal infection treatment injectionBiocon Pharma Ltd has secured Health Canada approval for its micafungin for injection. This medication targets serious fungal infections in...
11 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
What's Coccidioides (Valley Fever)? The 'Last of Us'-like deadly fungal superbug spreading globally and infecting even healthy peopleFungal infections are emerging as a global health crisis, with valley fever spreading rapidly due to climate change and wildfires. Drug res...
08 May, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
Is there a new global health threat? Fungal superbugs spread panic with climate change expanding its reachA new global health threat is emerging as drug-resistant fungal infections such as Aspergillus fumigatus and Coccidioides are spreading, dr...
07 May, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
'Silent pandemic' danger: Fungal infections could be the next health crisis, scientists warnFungal infections are becoming increasingly resistant to medications, posing a significant global health threat. Researchers warn that thes...
27 Sep, 2024, 10.20 PM IST
Untreatable fungal infections are now killing nearly 3.8 mn each year, WHO experts sound alarmDeadly Fungal Infection: The world faces a growing crisis in antifungal resistance, with fungal infections causing millions of deaths annua...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
Stop & think before you pop that pill. Antibiotics can cause life-threatening fungal infections. Here's howWhen we take antibiotics, we kill off some of our gut bacteria.
16 May, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Green fungus now a major threat after Covid recoveryWhile mucormycosis affects sinuses, aspergillosis affects the lungs of a patient. It is not as severe a disease as mucormycosis, which requ...
30 Jun, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Indore reports first case of green fungus infectionAfter black and white fungus, a case of green fungus is reported in the district with a 34-year-old patient admitted to a private medical c...
16 Jun, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Black Fungus is not contagious, says AIIMS ChiefRandeep Guleria said a majority of mucormycosis patients at AIIMS are getting infected by the fungal infection in the early stages of hospi...
25 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Mucormycosis patients to be treated free of cost: Maharashtra to Bombay High CourtThe Maharashtra government told a bench of Justices R V Ghuge and B U Debadwar that it had identified 130 hospitals across the state for tr...
24 May, 2021, 02.22 PM IST
Alarm over white fungus: All you need to know about causes, symptoms and treatment plansThough no case of white fungal infection in Covid patients has been reported in Patna, white fungus (Candida and Aspergillus) reaching the ...
24 May, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
Uncontrolled diabetes major cause of Black Fungus: ExpertsAn online event, hosted by Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday with 52 experts discussing the issue, aime...
16 May, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Black fungus area of concern, working with states: CentreThe fungal infection can affect people with a weakened immune system. In India, the exact burden of mucormycosis is not known as reports of...
16 May, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
Covid-19: Key anti-fungal drug scarcity new concernIn addition to the shortage, the treatment for this invasive fungal infection is a costly affair requiring Rs 15,000-Rs 20,000 per day for ...
10 May, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
Eight COVID-19 survivors die of black fungus in Maharashtra: DMER"Eight out of 200 such patients treated so far in various parts of the state have died due to mucormycosis, also known as a black fungus. T...
08 May, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
Lupin launches voriconazole tabletsThe medicines are indicated for use in patients 12 years of age and older in the treatment of fungal infections, including invasive Aspergi...
19 Dec, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
- Scientists caution cotton growers against pathogens
Crop scientists have cautioned the cotton growing farmers in Punjab against 'leaf spots,' caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens, and ask...
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