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

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

Study identifies gene that could help fight lethal infection Candidiasis

This fungus is a typical member of the human gut flora and typically resides in mucosal linings of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tract of …

New controlled-release oral pills to treat fungal infections

The tablets release the Amphotericin B drug in a sustained and controlled manner over a period of 10 days

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

Amphibian apocalypse: Study finds multiple strains of a lethal fungal pathogen threaten frogs in Africa

Risk to amphibians was highest in much of eastern, central, and western Africa

Poor quality drugs make treatment of ringworm infection less effective

Doctors from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital found quality issues in the Itraconazole drug

Bhopal: 38 years later, fungal diseases rise among survivors in telling sign of flawed healthcare

Over the last 20 years, 1,175 cases were recorded, of which 670 were from the last five years alone, per the records of Sambhavna Clinic  

Modulating pathogen functions control sheath blight disease: study

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

WHO releases first-ever fungal priority pathogen list

It takes precedence from the bacterial priority pathogens list established by WHO in 2017 with a similar focus to galvanise global attention and …

Indians are getting sick mostly due to infections: NSSO report

Treatment of cardiovascular diseases cost a bomb in rural India

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

Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies

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