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Tue, Aug 29 2017. 05 52 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh’s child death crisis

The Gorakhpur tragedy must be seen against the larger backdrop of public health failure in Uttar Pradesh

The study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that the antimicrobial use for spurring growth in birds promoted the development of reservoirs of drug-resistant bacteria on the studied poultry farms. Photo: AFP

Thu, Jul 20 2017. 11 33 AM IST

Indian poultry farms are breeding drug-resistant superbugs: study

A study based on tests conducted on 18 poultry farms in Punjab shows that 87% of fowl harboured bacteria capable of thwarting several antibiotics

India carries one of the highest healthcare burdens from antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world. Photo: Reuters

Fri, Jan 20 2017. 08 38 AM IST

India travel boom spreads dangerous microbes

Travellers who have spent time in India have an especially high risk of returning home with superbugs

In 2015, 480,000 people around the world developed tuberculosis resistant to multiple drugs, according to the World Health Organization. Photo: AFP

Fri, Jan 06 2017. 03 29 PM IST

Teen’s life hangs in balance as India wages superbug war

A teenage girl is waging a closely watched legal battle for access to a tightly regulated new TB medicine that her doctor says could save her life

A study says 11% of chicken samples at fresh produce markets around Hyderabad carried a multidrug-resistant form of a bacteria commonly found in birds and known to sicken people.

Fri, Nov 18 2016. 08 56 AM IST

Chickens may be spreading superbugs through India’s food chain

The finding suggests contaminated chicken may be spreading superbugs through the food chain and the environment, potentially causing hard-to-treat infections in people

With lab studies suggesting GSK’s Gepotidacin could fight plague, a potential bioterrorism agent, it’s among only eight genuinely new classes of antibiotics in clinical development anywhere in the world. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Wed, Sep 21 2016. 03 33 PM IST

Inside the 10-year, $1 billion battle for the next critical antibiotic

Gepotidacin may be GlaxoSmithkline’s first truly new antibiotic in 30 years to fight the rise of superbugs that risk killing an extra 10 million people every year by 2050

In India, colistin is used by some farmers to promote growth and prevent disease in poultry flocks, hospital laboratories are finding colistin resistance in as many as 10-to-15% of specimens tested.

Wed, Mar 30 2016. 10 14 AM IST

Baby’s death in Pune shows global threat from critical antibiotic’s demise

The use of colistin on farms may be to blame for the drug’s demise, says a veterinary professor at Beijing’s China Agricultural University

While antibiotics are helping to sustain intensive food production, doctors worry their uncontrolled use on farms is turning animals into reservoirs of hard-to-kill bacteria that can spread rapidly and globally. Photo: Reuters

Wed, Mar 30 2016. 08 40 AM IST

Antibiotic apocalypse fear stoked by India’s drugged chickens

Failure to act on drug-resistant infections will lead to 10 million extra deaths a year and cost the global economy $100 trillion by 2050

Abbott drug Zimnic AZ is pictured in this photo illustration in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters

Wed, Dec 16 2015. 12 04 PM IST

Abbott Labs profits as combination drugs flood India

Inconsistent enforcement of drug laws means that hundreds of combination drugs are being sold in India without the approval of the central government

The Mission Indradhanush initiative aims to provide 100% vaccination coverage to more than 90% of newborns by 2020. These vaccines must be timed to a child’s development and given in a precise sequence.

Tue, Dec 08 2015. 12 26 AM IST

The top delivery challenge in India

Vaccine delivery needs more than just syringes and needles. Vaccines need to be kept in a cold chain from the moment they are manufactured until they are administered

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