Tag: antimicrobial resistance

Painkillers, antibiotics, and kidney disease: Why has drug regulator issued a fresh warning?

September 30, 2026 admin

The story so far: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has warned against the indiscriminate, repeated, or prolonged use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and antibiotics, linking inappropriate use to avoidable renal complications and chronic kidney disease (CKD). In its September 21 circular, it also reminded doctors, pharmacists, hospitals, and the public that these…

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Drug-resistant malaria poses growing challenge to treatment and elimination efforts

June 17, 2026 admin

Although the incidence of malaria fell by nearly a quarter between 2000 and 2015, the trend has reversed over the past decade, with global incidence rising by 8.5% since 2015. Experts say the growing threat of resistance to anti-malarial medicines could complicate efforts to eliminate the disease and reverse gains. India currently holds about 1.4%…

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Antimicrobial resistant gene profile found in poultry from Kerala, Telangana: study

November 16, 2024 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: G. N. Rao For the first time, Indian scientists have reported antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene profiles in poultry from Kerala and Telangana, and have cautioned that this emerging resistance may be aggravated by the depleting antibiotics repertoire. Poultry is a major source of AMR, because industrial…

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To curb antimicrobial resistance, government may include antibiotics in definition of new drug

October 16, 2024 admin

The recommendation to the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) is aimed at curbing the growing antimicrobial resistance which is now recognised as a public health threat globally. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), the highest statutory decision-making body on technical matters related to drugs in the country, has recommended the inclusion…

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Deadly Fungal Infections Are Evolving And Causing “Silent Pandemic”, Scientists Warn

September 24, 2024 admin

Agricultural practices are contributing to the problem, experts said. (Representative pic) Fungal infections are evolving and becoming resistant to the medicines used to treat them, causing what some researchers are calling a “silent pandemic” that needs to be addressed urgently. According to molecular biologist Norman van Rhijn from the University of Manchester in the UK,…

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Rapid, diagnostic test for UTIs may help stem super bug crisis

June 13, 2024 admin

This week a prize was announced that is likely to have far-reaching implications in the world of health care. Despite its importance most of the community is unaware of the event. The winner of the Longitude prize is poised to spearhead a revolution in the field of infection management and global efforts to tackle antimicrobial…

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How the Widal test is clouding India’s sense of its typhoid problem | Explained

May 9, 2024 admin

More often than not, the experience for patients with a fever is to get tested and treated for a typhoid infection. The test is a rapid blood test called the Widal test. The subsequent treatment usually consists of tablets, typically in urban areas, or injections in rural ones. Typhoid spreads through contaminated food and water…

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A computer science conundrum that could transform healthcare

May 3, 2024 admin

In the 17th century, a Dutch draper named Anton van Leeuwenhoek used a small handmade microscope to peer into a world previously unseen by the human eye. Thus he discovered microorganisms and gave rise to the field of microbiology. It offered solutions to challenges in healthcare that until then had seemed intractable. Today, we face…

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Urgent action needed to combat antimicrobial resistance: Report

April 6, 2024 admin

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Political leaders are ignoring the growing danger of antimicrobial resistance, which could lead to an unprecedented health and economic catastrophe, a high-level task force warned on April 4. “The world now has a limited and critical window of opportunity to respond at the scale and with the urgency…

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Kerala takes a pioneering step to curb antimicrobial resistance

February 24, 2024 admin

In 2011, the Indian government introduced the H1 rule to prohibit the over-the-counter (OTC) sales of antibiotics without a prescription, responding to the growing concern over antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, due to the healthcare system’s heterogeneity across the country, the implementation of this rule faced significant challenges. In 2013, following the Chennai Declaration document and…

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