Antibiotics

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Erika Cave-Miller is heartbroken. She's in mourning because her husband died of novel coronavirus just before his 45th birthday. She's bewildered, because he was diagnosed with pneumonia, then with coronavirus, then placed on a ventilator, then dead, all within a matter of days. She's scared, because she and her family…

Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: March 19, 2020 4:49:50 am Between 2017 and 2019, India doubled its overall imports of raw materials used to make antibiotics, according to data from the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry. (File Photo)Indian Missions outside the country have been asked to explore…

The country’s experience combatting tuberculosis highlights that there are other significant hurdles to overcome. Vidya Krishnan March 16, 2020 India's experience combatting tuberculosis illustrates that having the right drugs isn’t always enough.Findlay Kember / AFP via GettyMUMBAI—Debshree Lokhande recalls trying everything to get rid of her cough, including syrups, lozenges,…

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia may have discovered a way to treat deadly foal pneumonia without promoting multi-drug resistant bacteria. In a clinical trial, they found that gallium maltolate (GaM), a semi-metal compound with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, could be a viable…

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After screening thousands of drugs, researchers have found one that completely eliminates the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a study with mice shows. For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off the infection. But for up to 20% of people with the…

In 1998, at a special WHO conference on Buruli ulcer held in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, delegates and heads of state of affected countries recognised Buruli ulcer as a damaging disease about which little was known. Importantly, there seemed to be no reliable chemotherapy, leaving wide excisional surgery and grafting as…

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