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
States, UTs allocated additional 61,120 vials of Amphotericin-B: Sadananda Gowda7.9 lakh vials have been allocated across the country, maintaining adequate availability to patients of mucormycosis. Amphotericin-B is use...
23 Jun, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Tell Centre that mucormycosis patients dying due to drug shortage: High Court to MaharashtraJustices R V Ghuge and B U Debadwar of the high court's Aurangabad bench was informed that patients in Marathwada were being under-treated ...
03 Jun, 2021, 07.16 PM IST
Don't panic by colour of fungus, look for causes, risks: Experts advise as mucormycosis cases riseHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on Monday that 18 states have reported 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, pr...
25 May, 2021, 03.19 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
Better to identify mucormycosis by name rather than colour of fungus, says AIIMS chiefAIIMS director Randeep Guleria underlined that it is better not to use the term 'black fungus' while talking about mucormycosis, as it lead...
24 May, 2021, 09.17 PM 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
COVID-19, diabetes and steroids fuelling new mucormycosis waveGlobal prevalence of mucormycosis varies between 0.005 and 1.7 per million population, but its prevalence in India is nearly 80 times highe...
22 May, 2021, 09.35 PM IST
Govt allocates additional 23,680 vials of Amphotericin-B to states/UTs: Sadananda GowdaAs per the Union Health Ministry, Mucormycosis is being detected among patients who are recovering or have recovered from COVID-19.
22 May, 2021, 02.57 PM IST
Mucormycosis prime concern for Maharashtra at present: Rajesh Tope tells PM ModiTalking to reporters after the meeting, Tope said the Maharashtra government has framed a set of guidelines for the doctors in the state in...
20 May, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
270 black fungus cases reported in Pune; therapy SOPs framedMucormycosis, also known as black fungus, whose treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach, has come in focus during the pandemic as i...
14 May, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
Maharashtra to compile database of mucormycosis to assess its spreadAs per doctors, mucormycosis, also known as the black fungus, is mostly found among COVID-19 patients who have diabetes. Its symptoms inclu...
13 May, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
111 mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment in MumbaiAdditional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani told the committee that 38 mucormycosis patients are being treated at the civic-run BY Nair...
12 May, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
Maharashtra may have over 2,000 cases of Mucormycosis: TopeThe state government has decided to select hospitals attached to medical colleges for treatment of Mucormycosis patients as it demands a mu...
12 May, 2021, 12.06 AM IST
Mucormycosis: Gujarat sets up special wards in hospitals, procures anti-fungal drug vialsGujarat has so far reported over 100 cases of mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection which has left many patients blind and is a...
09 May, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Mucormycosis fungal infections up among COVID-19 survivorsIn Maharashtra, at least eight COVID-19 survivors have died due to mucormycosis while 200 others are being treated, said Dr Tatyarao Lahane...
08 May, 2021, 10.20 PM IST
Black fungus claims eyesight of some COVID-19 survivors in GujaratIn Ahmedabad, at least five patients with mucormycosis are being operated upon every day at the civil hospital at Asarva, a senior doctor s...
08 May, 2021, 05.13 PM IST