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Delhi's Toxic Winter Air May Carry Drug-Resistant Superbugs, Study Warns
A study by Jawaharlal Nehru University finds that Delhi's polluted winter air carries high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria or superbugs far above safe limits, posing public health risks, especially for vulnerable groups and those with chronic
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All About Deadly 'Superbug' That's Spreading Fast Across US, Raising Concerns
The fungus is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs, making treatment challenging.
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High Levels Of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs In Delhi Air Posing Public Health Risks: Study
High levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in both indoor and outdoor environments in Delhi are posing public health risks, according to a study.
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Health Experts Applaud PM Modi's Timely Call To Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
Prime Minister Narendra Modis message against the misuse of antibiotics is timely and draws attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) -- a very important health concern, said health experts on Monday.
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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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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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Spread Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns
The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.
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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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Platypus Milk May Help Combat Superbugs
The platypus milk may contain a protein with rather unusual and protective anti-bacterial characteristics.
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Untreatable 'Superbug' Gonorrhoea On The Rise
This sexually transmitted disease will soon turn deadly and incurable according to a WHO report.
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Drug-Resistant Infections Could Spark Financial Crisis: Study
The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or worse, a World Bank-led study warned on Monday.
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'Superbug' Scourge Spreads As US Fails To Track Rising Number of Deaths
Josiah Cooper-Pope, born 15 weeks premature, did fine in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first 10 days of his life.
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Drug resistant superbugs a serious threat worldwide, says WHO
The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations officials said on Wednesday.
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Govt clarification on 'superbug' traced to India
A lot of sensation has been created by a report in Lancet, online published on August 11, 2010, by Karthikeyan K Kumaraswamy et al about emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK. It has an interpretation which links its spread possibly from India. This publication reports the presence of a plasmid associated...
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Delhi's Toxic Winter Air May Carry Drug-Resistant Superbugs, Study Warns
A study by Jawaharlal Nehru University finds that Delhi's polluted winter air carries high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria or superbugs far above safe limits, posing public health risks, especially for vulnerable groups and those with chronic
-
All About Deadly 'Superbug' That's Spreading Fast Across US, Raising Concerns
The fungus is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs, making treatment challenging.
-
High Levels Of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs In Delhi Air Posing Public Health Risks: Study
High levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in both indoor and outdoor environments in Delhi are posing public health risks, according to a study.
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Health Experts Applaud PM Modi's Timely Call To Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
Prime Minister Narendra Modis message against the misuse of antibiotics is timely and draws attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) -- a very important health concern, said health experts on Monday.
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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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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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Spread Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns
The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly.
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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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Platypus Milk May Help Combat Superbugs
The platypus milk may contain a protein with rather unusual and protective anti-bacterial characteristics.
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Untreatable 'Superbug' Gonorrhoea On The Rise
This sexually transmitted disease will soon turn deadly and incurable according to a WHO report.
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Drug-Resistant Infections Could Spark Financial Crisis: Study
The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or worse, a World Bank-led study warned on Monday.
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'Superbug' Scourge Spreads As US Fails To Track Rising Number of Deaths
Josiah Cooper-Pope, born 15 weeks premature, did fine in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first 10 days of his life.
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Drug resistant superbugs a serious threat worldwide, says WHO
The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations officials said on Wednesday.
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Govt clarification on 'superbug' traced to India
A lot of sensation has been created by a report in Lancet, online published on August 11, 2010, by Karthikeyan K Kumaraswamy et al about emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK. It has an interpretation which links its spread possibly from India. This publication reports the presence of a plasmid associated...
