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Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Is India Prepared For Influenza? Central Disease Control Body, WHO Assess
The National Centre for Disease Control, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in collaboration with the World Health Organization in India met to strengthen influenza preparedness in the country.
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New Tick Disease In US Dogs Could Pose Future Risk To Humans, Experts Warn
Scientists in the US have discovered a new tick-borne bacterium, Rickettsia finnyi, after several infected dogs fell severely ill and some died.
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Malaria Claimed Over 6 Lakh Lives In 2024, Drug Resistance A Major Threat: WHO Annual Report
Malaria infected an estimated 282 million people and claimed 6,10,000 lives worldwide in 2024, according to the World Health Organizations (WHO) annual World Malaria Report on Thursday, which highlighted drug resistance as a
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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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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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1.23 Million Lives Lost To World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Last Year: WHO
An estimated 10.7 million people worldwide fell ill with TB in 2024: 5.8 million men, 3.7 million women, and 1.2 million children.
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Less Than 1% Of Climate Funding Allocated For Health Systems Since 2004: Report
This underinvestment comes as climate change is projected to cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050 due to factors like extreme heat, the spread of infectious diseases, and infrastructure failure.
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Reporting Leprosy Now Mandatory In Maharashtra, Mandate To Curb Spread
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In a major boost to fight leprosy, the Maharashtra government on Saturday declared that the chronic infectious condition is a “notifiable disease”.
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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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Chronic Lifestyle Diseases Now Kill More Indians Than Infections, New Lancet Study Shows
A sweeping new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) analysis published in The Lancet reveals that by 2023, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading cause of death in India.
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From Rice Fields, Deadly Disease Melioidosis Creeping Across Madhya Pradesh
A deadly infectious disease that mimics tuberculosis is spreading rapidly across Madhya Pradesh, raising serious public health concerns
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Could Heart Attacks Be Infectious? Study Points To Hidden Bacterial Triggers
A groundbreaking study from Finland and the UK suggests that heart attacks may be triggered by dormant bacterial biofilms that spring to life following viral infections or other triggers.
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"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
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Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Is India Prepared For Influenza? Central Disease Control Body, WHO Assess
The National Centre for Disease Control, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in collaboration with the World Health Organization in India met to strengthen influenza preparedness in the country.
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New Tick Disease In US Dogs Could Pose Future Risk To Humans, Experts Warn
Scientists in the US have discovered a new tick-borne bacterium, Rickettsia finnyi, after several infected dogs fell severely ill and some died.
-
Malaria Claimed Over 6 Lakh Lives In 2024, Drug Resistance A Major Threat: WHO Annual Report
Malaria infected an estimated 282 million people and claimed 6,10,000 lives worldwide in 2024, according to the World Health Organizations (WHO) annual World Malaria Report on Thursday, which highlighted drug resistance as a
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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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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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1.23 Million Lives Lost To World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Last Year: WHO
An estimated 10.7 million people worldwide fell ill with TB in 2024: 5.8 million men, 3.7 million women, and 1.2 million children.
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Less Than 1% Of Climate Funding Allocated For Health Systems Since 2004: Report
This underinvestment comes as climate change is projected to cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050 due to factors like extreme heat, the spread of infectious diseases, and infrastructure failure.
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Reporting Leprosy Now Mandatory In Maharashtra, Mandate To Curb Spread
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In a major boost to fight leprosy, the Maharashtra government on Saturday declared that the chronic infectious condition is a “notifiable disease”.
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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.
-
Chronic Lifestyle Diseases Now Kill More Indians Than Infections, New Lancet Study Shows
A sweeping new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) analysis published in The Lancet reveals that by 2023, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading cause of death in India.
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From Rice Fields, Deadly Disease Melioidosis Creeping Across Madhya Pradesh
A deadly infectious disease that mimics tuberculosis is spreading rapidly across Madhya Pradesh, raising serious public health concerns
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Could Heart Attacks Be Infectious? Study Points To Hidden Bacterial Triggers
A groundbreaking study from Finland and the UK suggests that heart attacks may be triggered by dormant bacterial biofilms that spring to life following viral infections or other triggers.
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"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
