Antibiotics
- Business
AI-powered antibiotic breakthrough offers hope for drug development
New Delhi: In a major advancement for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a promising new antibiotic using artificial intelligence. The research, published in Nature…
- Health
Improper antibiotic use may lead to severe kidney infections
Hyderabad: A man’s attempt to treat his daughter’s illness through antibiotics using Internet knowledge led to severe kidney infection, doctors said. The case underlines the need to follow responsible healthcare practices The…
- Health
Chlorine disinfectants ineffective in killing hospital superbugs: Study
London: One of the primary chlorine disinfectants currently being used to clean hospital scrubs and surfaces does not kill off the most common cause of antibiotic-associated sickness in health care settings globally,…
- Health
Antibiotics now ineffective for common childhood infections: Lancet
Sydney: High rates of antibiotic resistance have rendered the drugs used to treat common infections in children and babies, ineffective, according to an alarming study published in Lancet South East Asia on…
- Health
US likely to see shortage of antibiotics for children, adults: Report
Washington: The US is soon likely to see a shortage of antibiotics after Pfizer warned doctors that it expects to run out of its formulations for children and adults by the end…
- World
WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections
Geneva: High levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, according to the latest report released by the WHO. For the first time, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use…
- India
Avoid antibiotics for low-grade fever: ICMR guidelines
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis while advising doctors to follow a…
- Health
Infant antibiotic use may negatively affect adult gut health
London: Antibiotics are frequently administered to preterm and low birth weight infants in order to prevent infections, not simply treat them as they have a higher risk of developing them. A recent…
- India
Over 47% antibiotic formulations used in India in 2019 unapproved: Lancet study
New Delhi: More than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India’s private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator, according to a study published in The…
- Health
Typhoid bacteria increasingly resistant to essential antibiotics: Lancet
New York: Bacteria causing typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The largest…
- Health
Study finds single course of antibiotics affects infants’ gut microbiota
Helsinki: A recent study at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant and diverse in children treated with antibiotics compared with the control group…
- Telangana
Is antibiotic resistance increasing in Telangana?
Hyderabad: Antibiotics are proving ineffective on most patients across Telangana. During the past two years in view of the COVID pandemic, antibiotics were the medicines that were overused due to which there is…
- Health
Antibiotics after birth affects gut microbes of babies, study finds
Edinburgh: Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life is linked with a decrease in healthy bacteria necessary amongst others to digest milk and an increase in antimicrobial resistance, a…
