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HOTSPOTS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Why Your Kitchen Sponge Might Be Making Everything Smell WorseYour kitchen sponge, a cleaning essential, harbors billions of bacteria. Research reveals these porous tools become microbial hotspots, bre...
Stop the pill-popping, it helps superbugsAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India is a significant public health threat, exacerbated by overuse and misuse of antibiotics and lack of...
Pneumonia, kidney failure, and more: Your kitchen sponge could slowly be killing youKitchen sponges, often used to maintain cleanliness, can harbour more bacteria than toilet seats. Studies reveal they can host up to 54 bil...
TiE Delhi-NCR and Prayatna organise 'Malaria Hackfest'Hackfest has invited suggestions from top tech schools in India to provide targeted solutions to fight Malaria. A maximum award of INR 5 la...
Microplastics in sewage become 'hubs' for drug-resistant bacteria: StudyAccording to the scientists, including those from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the US, these plastic particles less tha...
- India among hotspots of antibiotic resistance in animals: Study
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
Gates foundation interested in preventing infectious diseases: Keith Klugman, Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationKlugman speaks to ET Pharma about how the government can succeed in combating pneumonia and related threats of antibiotic resistance with t...
- India among world's top hot spots of deadly emerging diseases
India, China, and sub-Saharan Africa are the regions where incidences of the deadly emerging diseases like HIV/AIDS and SARS have increased...