Infections

Scientists have developed a clip-on device that could detect Zika virus through your smartphone

Health ministry says lack of adequate systems and infrastructure for prevention and control in many healthcare facilities is leading to hospital-associated infections and spread of drugs resistant bacteria

Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria which is spreading into the environment through unsafe disposal of poultry litter

What exactly are antibiotics? How do they work? And why haven't we curbed their use, despite the overwhelming evidence of growing antibiotic resistance?

More than a third of the world's population lives in areas where dengue is endemic and cases of co-infection with Zika have already been reported

Pfizer is buying rights to several of AstraZeneca's experimental and approved antibiotics in global markets outside the US

The department of health research of the ministry of health and family welfare is setting up a national network of Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories

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

In a country with improper hospital garbage disposal, the new Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 are a step in the right direction

Older adults who are active within their community are more likely to sleep better and normal delivery improves immunity of child in later life studies and research tips for a healthier you