Almost all countries overuse antibiotics, contributing to drug resistance: AnalysisA new study reveals most nations overuse stronger 'watch' antibiotics, fueling resistance issues. Researchers developed a framework to asse...
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ICMR licenses cancer, vaccine technologies to Emcure, Biological EThe Indian Council of Medical Research has licensed three new biomedical technologies. These innovations aim to advance cancer treatment an...
22 Jul, 2026, 01.12 AM IST
Climate change could undermine progress in reducing waterborne diseases, study findsClimate change is altering conditions for waterborne disease spread globally. Extreme weather events threaten progress made in reducing the...
17 Jul, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Not heart, not lungs, but one 'useless' organ acts as secret safe house of the body, says doctorAppendix is one underrated organ which is almost always overlooked by most people interested in health. Taking to X, internal medicine expe...
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Seven more Shigella cases confirmed in Kerala's WayanadSeven new Shigella infections have been confirmed among students in Wayanad, Kerala, bringing the total to 16. Health officials are intensi...
12 Jun, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
This highly contagious disease is on the rise in Oregon; know symptomsDysentery, or shigellosis, is primarily characterised by bloody diarrhea. Multnomah County has witnessed a steady rise in dysentery cases s...
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Kerala man reports rare case of Murine Typhus: Here's what you need to know about this bacterial diseaseA 75-year-old man from Kerala was diagnosed with Murine Typhus, a rare bacterial disease, on October 11, following a recent trip to Vietnam...
14 Oct, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
TB outbreak in California's Long Beach: 1 dead, 170 likely to be exposedTuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
10 May, 2024, 02.09 AM IST
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...
13 Dec, 2023, 10.29 PM IST
Diphtheria cases may rise as UK’s Home office moves migrants with suspected illness around country without proper screeningUK health officials raise concern after the Home office moves migrants to other parts of the country from Kent without proper screening. Th...
27 Nov, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
TB Alliance in talks with government over use of new shorter BPaL RegimenIndia has the world's highest TB burden-- 2.6 million active cases and close to 450,000 deaths each year from the infectious bacterial dise...
06 Sep, 2022, 01.04 AM IST
HaystackAnalytics develops first Universal Infectious Disease (ID) genomic testThe test deploys Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology to identify existing and emerging infections, while providing information on d...
07 Feb, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
Government launches 'One Health' consortium for surveillance of bacterial, viral infectionsDr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, launched the First 'One Health' project of the DBT through video conferencing on Th...
14 Oct, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
How to make India ready for future coronavirus-like crisesIndia must combine its infectious diseases data-mining prowess with advanced medical technologies.
21 Mar, 2020, 08.33 AM IST
Wockhardt gets QIDP status for pneumonia drug from USFDAWockhardt today said a product from its new drug discovery programme, which aims to treat pneumonia, has received QIDP status from the US h...
21 May, 2015, 07.07 PM IST
India important place to study microbiology: Senior French microbiologistPhilippe Sansonetti, a professor, said climatic conditions and high population were the main reasons for prevailing infectious diseases in ...
12 Jan, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
- Orchid Chem gets USFDA nod for anti-bacterial drug
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said it has received USFDA approval for multiple strengths of Cefpodoxime Proxetil tablets.
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