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Speed Over Safety? 10-Minute Medicine Deliveries By Blinkit, Zepto Spark Worry
Quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and Zepto are offering 10-minute prescription medicine deliveries, raising concerns among users and doctors about poor verification, weak oversight and the risk of antibiotic misuse.
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Tuberculosis Bacteria Are Mutating, Turning Antibiotic Resistant: IIT Bombay Study
The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the world's most infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB), can survive antibiotic treatment and live longer by changing their outer fat coating, according to a new study.
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Early Action Against Antibiotic Resistance Is Critical For Future Healthcare, Says World Health Organization
Early action against the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to ensure infections remain treatable, and surgeries stay safe, said the World Health Organization (WHO), during the World AMR Awareness Week, on Friday
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What Happens If Antibiotics Stop Working? Doctor Explains The Nightmare Scenario
A senior internal medicine specialist explains how everyday illnesses, surgeries, and even cancer care could collapse if antibiotics fail, and what we must do now to prevent this future.
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Over 80% Of Indian Patients Carry Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Flags Lancet Study
More than 80 per cent of Indian patients carry multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) -- the highest globally, according to an alarming study on Tuesday reflecting the deep antibiotic resistance crisis in the country.
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World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Doctor Explains How Careful Prescribing Protects The Power Of Antibiotics
As antibiotic resistance rises globally, doctors warn that misuse and self-medication are weakening our most powerful drugs. For AMR Awareness Week 2025, an infectious-disease specialist explains how careful prescribing, stewardship and public awaren
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Scientists Find Powerful New Antibiotic Hidden In Plain Sight For Decades
Scientists from Warwick and Monash Universities have discovered a new antibiotic compound, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hidden for decades in known bacteria, offering fresh hope against rising antibiotic resistance.
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WHO Raises Alarm Over Antibiotic Resistance: Why India Is Especially Vulnerable
A new WHO report shows that in 2023, one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide was resistant to antibiotic treatment, marking a sharp global rise in drug-resistant infections.
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Mounjaro For Weight Loss Becomes Second-Highest Selling Drug In India In 6 Months
Mounjaro recorded Rs 80 crore in sales in September, trailing only GSK's antibiotic Augmentin, which registered Rs 85 crore
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India Develops Homegrown Antibiotic Zaynich To Fight Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
The move marks India's first significant antibiotic innovation in 30 years, offering hope against global antibiotic resistance.
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IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
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US Woman Tells How Rare Allergic Reaction From Acne Drug Nearly Killed Her
Dunn is revisiting the terrifying episode in a TikTok video, shedding light on a rare and potentially fatal condition that went undiagnosed for weeks.
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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"Crucial Milestone": US Approves New Antibiotic For Urinary Tract Infections
The product -- called Blujepa -- was approved for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adult women and girls 12 and older.
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Rs 1.33-Crore Fake Antibiotics Seized In Telangana, Was Meant For Export
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday.
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Speed Over Safety? 10-Minute Medicine Deliveries By Blinkit, Zepto Spark Worry
Quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and Zepto are offering 10-minute prescription medicine deliveries, raising concerns among users and doctors about poor verification, weak oversight and the risk of antibiotic misuse.
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Tuberculosis Bacteria Are Mutating, Turning Antibiotic Resistant: IIT Bombay Study
The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the world's most infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB), can survive antibiotic treatment and live longer by changing their outer fat coating, according to a new study.
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Early Action Against Antibiotic Resistance Is Critical For Future Healthcare, Says World Health Organization
Early action against the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to ensure infections remain treatable, and surgeries stay safe, said the World Health Organization (WHO), during the World AMR Awareness Week, on Friday
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What Happens If Antibiotics Stop Working? Doctor Explains The Nightmare Scenario
A senior internal medicine specialist explains how everyday illnesses, surgeries, and even cancer care could collapse if antibiotics fail, and what we must do now to prevent this future.
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Over 80% Of Indian Patients Carry Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, Flags Lancet Study
More than 80 per cent of Indian patients carry multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) -- the highest globally, according to an alarming study on Tuesday reflecting the deep antibiotic resistance crisis in the country.
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World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Doctor Explains How Careful Prescribing Protects The Power Of Antibiotics
As antibiotic resistance rises globally, doctors warn that misuse and self-medication are weakening our most powerful drugs. For AMR Awareness Week 2025, an infectious-disease specialist explains how careful prescribing, stewardship and public awaren
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Scientists Find Powerful New Antibiotic Hidden In Plain Sight For Decades
Scientists from Warwick and Monash Universities have discovered a new antibiotic compound, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hidden for decades in known bacteria, offering fresh hope against rising antibiotic resistance.
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WHO Raises Alarm Over Antibiotic Resistance: Why India Is Especially Vulnerable
A new WHO report shows that in 2023, one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide was resistant to antibiotic treatment, marking a sharp global rise in drug-resistant infections.
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Mounjaro For Weight Loss Becomes Second-Highest Selling Drug In India In 6 Months
Mounjaro recorded Rs 80 crore in sales in September, trailing only GSK's antibiotic Augmentin, which registered Rs 85 crore
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India Develops Homegrown Antibiotic Zaynich To Fight Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
The move marks India's first significant antibiotic innovation in 30 years, offering hope against global antibiotic resistance.
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IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
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US Woman Tells How Rare Allergic Reaction From Acne Drug Nearly Killed Her
Dunn is revisiting the terrifying episode in a TikTok video, shedding light on a rare and potentially fatal condition that went undiagnosed for weeks.
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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"Crucial Milestone": US Approves New Antibiotic For Urinary Tract Infections
The product -- called Blujepa -- was approved for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adult women and girls 12 and older.
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Rs 1.33-Crore Fake Antibiotics Seized In Telangana, Was Meant For Export
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday.
