Link found between bacteria in infants and subsequent asthma

Many children suffer from respiratory illness and it is one of the most common causes of hospitalisation during childhood

`Eating chicken is like taking a course of antibiotics'

Devi Shetty, cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, has seen increasing cases of antibiotic resistance at his hospital. Even those who …

Four new fungi species discovered on bat carcasses in China

One of the fungal genus is known to contain numerous aggressive pathogens that can infect mammals, according to researchers

Alarming rise in fungal infection cases: PGIMER study

In spite of higher incidence of cases as compared to the West, India lacks infrastructure required for testing of fungal infections

COVID-19 and medicine’s misguided romance with machines

The history of a controversial syndrome linked to COVID-19 shows the risk of letting technology dictate treatment

Indians are getting sick mostly due to infections: NSSO report

Treatment of cardiovascular diseases cost a bomb in rural India

Antimicrobial resistance: Here is how to reduce AMR in factory farming

Key to combatting AMR is understanding its multistakeholder and multidimensional nature

What is sepsis? How to spot, manage and prevent it

Sepsis is a serious public health burden. Controlling it can create healthier societies

World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets conditional nod in US

Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies

The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?

Surveys have found 22% of antimicrobial use in hospitals is inappropriate

Health in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health

Research paves way for preventing mass amphibian die-offs

Out of the total 7,511 species of amphibians alive today, 40 per cent are declining

Saiga antelope numbers rise in Kazakhstan after mass die-off last year

Aerial census conducted by Kazakh government brings encouraging news

Modulating pathogen functions control sheath blight disease: study

Millions of tonnes of rice are lost due to this disease every year

Ineffective magic bullets: Antibiotic resistance is now the leading cause of deaths across the globe

Young children were found to be particularly affected by AMR

Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking

Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking

Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands, cost sub-Saharan Africa $8.4 billion annually, says WaterAid

Nigeria recorded the highest incidence of HAIs in 2022, followed by Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Mali