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How war zones fuel rise of ‘superbugs’ and their spread across borders
Armed conflicts like Gaza war is leaving a dangerous legacy— the rise of antimicrobial resistance, which leads to creation of ‘superbugs’.
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 01:25 PM IST
Superbugs: Is this global health threat potentially worse than Covid-19?
Growing threat of superbugs: Preventive tips and urgent action needed to avoid health catastrophe of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that could eclipse Covid-19
Published on Jun 22, 2024 01:11 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
Sunita Williams aboard ISS: ‘Superbug’ discovery raises ‘health concerns’
Indian-origin Sunita Williams, 58, embarked on her third space journey on June 6, marking the first voyage aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the ISS.
Published on Jun 11, 2024 10:48 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
‘Don’t know how big the threat is’: Deadly bacteria detected in soda fountains
Are soda fountains offering wide variety of carbonated beverages with flavoured deadly infection? New study detects deadly ‘superbug’ bacteria in soda fountains
Published on Oct 11, 2023 01:46 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING | Will AI help us beat superbugs?
Artificial Intelligence isn’t simply confined to chatbots that generate text and images. It could potentially help save millions of lives in the coming years
Updated on Jun 21, 2023 10:48 AM IST
Anirban Mahapatra
Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic
Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi gain the power to fight off the drugs that were designed to kill them.
Updated on Jul 14, 2022 04:14 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal
Anti-biotic resistant superbugs killed 1.2 million people in 2019, claims study
Discovered in the 1920s, antibiotics have saved millions of lives by defeating bacterial diseases. But over the decades, bacteria have learned to fight back, building resistance to the same drugs that once reliably vanquished them - these are called superbugs.
Published on Jan 20, 2022 09:03 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Beware, injectable drug users are at risk of superbug infections
A new study says that users of heroin and other injectable drugs were 16 times more likely than other people to develop superbug infections and severe illnesses.
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 10:37 AM IST
Associated Press | HT Correspondent