Canadian scientists develop new antibiotic that prevents cell division

Older antibiotics like penicillin kill bacteria by preventing their cell wall from being built in the first place

Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Poorest countries continue to be most affected, says WHO

UN body highlighted the tremendous effects COVID-19 had on community-based initiatives, access to healthcare facilities and healthcare goods …

Bacterial infections caused most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019: Lancet

The region saw 230 deaths per 100,000 people; Just 5 pathogens caused over half the infection deaths globally

Agronomic recommendations: How are antibiotics being used on crops?

A few antibiotics considered critically important for human medicine are being recommended for use on over 100 crops, an analysis has found

Over half of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment: WHO

More research is needed to discover why AMR has increased and the extent to which infections are related to hospitalisations and antibiotic …

When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice — bacterial infections

Viral respiratory infections can increase the likelihood of bacterial infections and lead to worse disease

India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance

The country is the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world — consumption increased by 103 per cent from 2000 to 2015, the highest in …

‘India has not given due attention to food-borne infections’

Neelam Taneja is a professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology and in-charge of the enteric laboratory at Post Graduate Institute of …

Malawi first country in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma: WHO

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project in the country helped in targeted action

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

Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies

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

Benin, Mali in Africa defeat trachoma as public health problem

Fifth and sixth countries to defeat eye-infection disease in WHO African region