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Veteran actor and former union minister Krishnam Raju no moreKnown as 'Rebel Star', Raju acted in over 180 films and remained a trendsetter with his rebellious characters. He started his film career w...11 Sep, 2022, 09.43 AM IST- Tuberculosis impacts your eyes, brain & skin. Here’s how to detect the ailment and manage itCommon symptoms of TB include fever, convulsions, weakness, and confusion.24 Mar, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
- Govt issues guidelines on COVID in children; suggests rational use of CT scan; Remdesivir not recommendedThe government has come out with comprehensive guidelines for the management of COVID-19 among children in which Remdesivir has not been re...10 Jun, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
- Antibiotics for Covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisisDoctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics tha...26 May, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
- 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.25 Feb, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
- CARB-X to award $2.5 million to GangaGen for developing pneumonia drugKlebsiella pneumoniae presents a serious health challenge around the world and is of increasing concern in low-and-middle-income countries ...05 Oct, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
- IIT Roorkee researchers find antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteriaIn a new study published in the journal, ‘Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy’, IIT Roorkee researchers screened a library of 11,000 comp...16 Jan, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
- Mumbai pharma company gets licence for breakthrough TB drugA global non-profit drug developer TB Alliance has tied up with domestic company Macleods Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise its ...28 Oct, 2019, 10.14 AM IST
- Most healthy Indians resistant to common antibiotics: StudyInappropriate use of antibiotics is the biggest cause of drug resistance in humans.05 Jun, 2019, 10.47 AM IST
- Untreatable infections caused two of three newborn deaths in Delhi hospitalThe data for AIIMS, Safdarjung and Lok Nayak, which cater mostly to inborn babies, was published in The Lancet in 2016. It showed nearly 25...07 Jul, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
- Half of 4.3 million undocumented TB cases in India, Indonesia, Nigeria: WHOThere were estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide in 2015, the global health body said that six countries including India accounted ...08 Mar, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
- 'Superbug from India resistant to all available antibiotics'The infection was caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a multidrug-resistant organism associated with high mortality.15 Jan, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
- Why Indian startups like Bugworks, Vitas Pharma have entered the field of drug discoveryAcross geographies, big pharmaceutical companies seem to have stepped back from research and development (R&D) for new drug discovery in th...18 Jan, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
- Scientists create new antibiotic Teixobactin in 30 yearsTeixobactin can treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicemia and C Diff or clostridium difficile colitis.09 Jan, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
- 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.10 Dec, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
- Drug resistant bugs and evolving infections need to be researchedThe Centre for Disease Control (CDC), USA, believes that a single infectious organism, MRSA, kills more people in the US than AIDS.20 Jan, 2014, 04.49 AM IST
- Drug resistant superbug retains Delhi tagNaming the drug resistant superbug New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase-I (NDM-1 ) after India's capital city was 'a big mistake' admitted Lanc...07 Apr, 2011, 11.53 AM IST
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