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Mint had earlier reported on NCDC's (National Centre for Disease Contro) recent report on use of antibiotics which stated that 3rd Gen Cephalosporines was the most commonly prescribed antibiotic, followed by Imidazoles, and Aminoglycosides. Amongst most commonly prescribed antibiotics are Ceftriaxone, Metronidazole and Amikacin followed by Piperacillin and Tazobactam. Health experts have also pointed at easy availability of the antibiotics over the counter is one of the leading cause for rise in drug resistance.

In a paper published this week in Nature, part of a series of insights about ancient peoples, researchers compared thousands of ancient and modern genomes to unearth new information about multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings help scientists make the case that northern Europeans’ elevated risk of MS is a 5,000-year-old relic of becoming sheep and cattle herders. Mutations that make some people more vulnerable to the neurological condition once had a useful function, protecting their ancestors from pathogens.

Crypto mining malware has been found on two government servers in the South Korean city of Daejeon, an audit has found.

Munawwar Rana on Sunday breathed his last at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow following a cardiac arrest. Munawwar Rana was 71 at the time of his death. The Urdu poet had been battling lung and throat infection since 2017 and was also receiving treatment regularly due to kidney problems for which he had to undergo dialysis.

India has recorded 441 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases has come down to 3,238, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

Several types of cereals and granola bars by the popular brand Quaker are being recalled across Canada due to potential salmonella contamination.

NEW DELHI : Antibiotics routinely prescribed to treat common ailments no longer work as bacteria have developed resistance to these drugs due to their overuse in India, a government body said, echoing concerns long voiced by international experts. In a report, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) mentioned about third-generation cephalosporins, imidazoles, amino-glycosides, ceftriaxone, metronidazole, amikacin and piperacillin, which are used to treat cold, fever, skin diseases and urinary tract infection. Companies that make these antibiotics in India include Alkem Laboratories Ltd, Mankind Pharma Ltd, Zuventus Healthcare Ltd, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd, Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt.

Investing.com — Shares in Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) rose in premarket trading in New York on Wednesday after the robotic products maker announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations.

India has recorded 605 new cases of Covid, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 3,643, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Four deaths — two each from Karnataka and Kerala — have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am. The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, 2023 but cases began to increase after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions.

Kolkata. As per a report in the Times of India, Kolkata's Institute of Child Health (ICH) has reported a concerning increase in Guillain-Barre (GB) syndrome cases among children. In the past six weeks, the hospital has identified around 10 cases of this rare neurological disorder, which causes body paralysis due to the immune system's response. Sadly, one child has already succumbed to the disease.

COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 reported from 12 states till January 7 rose to 682, official sources said on Monday. They said 199 cases have been reported from Karnataka, 148 from Kerala, 139 from Maharashtra, 47 from Goa, 36 from Gujarat, 30 from Andhra Pradesh, 30 from Rajasthan, 26 from Tamil Nadu, 21 from Delhi, three from Odisha, two from Telangana and one from Haryana.

COVID-19 subvariant, known as JN.1, has emerged and is now the prevailing strain across Canada, prompting health experts to caution that it may be more infectious and could even have extra symptoms.Currently, the subvariant makes up the highest proportion of all COVID-19 variants, accounting for more than half (51. 9 per cent) of all infections in Canada, according to the latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).JN.1 was first detected in Canada on Oct. 9, and since then has rapidly increased.“If this virus continues to circulate at high levels, that means more virus, which means more mutations and more evolution, which means more of this same kind of issue happening repeatedly,” warned Ryan Gregory, a professor of integrative biology at the University of Guelph, and evolutionary biologist.On Dec.

Delhi and the National Capital Region remained in the clutches of a persistent cold spell on Saturday morning, causing low visibility and subsequent flight delays at the Delhi airport due to dense fog. ANI reported that numerous flight operations experienced delays at Indira Gandhi International Airport owing to reduced visibility caused by dense fog. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a post on X wrote, “Cold day to severe cold day conditions prevailed at many places over Haryana, few places over Rajasthan and at some Pockets over Punjab.

strep A cases have been on the rise in the past year, with invasive disease resulting in hospitalizations and some deaths among children.“Early data indicates that iGAS disease activity in 2023 is higher compared to pre-pandemic years, particularly in children under 15 years of age,” the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) told Global News in an emailed statement.Invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) has been identified collectively by the federal, provincial and territorial governments as a priority for monitoring and control and must be reported to the public health authorities, PHAC said.iGAS occurs when the bacteria cause deeper infections and are isolated from a normally sterile body site, such as the blood, the agency said.Respiratory viruses like influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can raise the likelihood of getting sick with strep A, said Dr. Brian Conway, medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre.Strep A are bacteria found on the skin and throat that can cause a wide range of diseases in children and adults.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance was ordered by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) via an order dated December 27, 2023 to reimburse $20,000 plus interest to the husband of Mrs Aruna Vaish who took an overseas travel insurance policy from the company. The fight between Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Mrs Aruna (the insured) started from July 28, 2009 when the overseas travel insurance claim was rejected. After rejection of the insurance claim, Mrs Aruna Vaish filed a complaint with the Insurance Ombudsman. The Insurance Ombudsman via a letter dated October 12, 2011 said that her claim fell outside their jurisdiction. Subsequently, she went to fight her case in the State Consumer Forum and then in NCDRC. In the time between fighting her (Aruna Vaish) case, she had died so her husband Deepak Chandra Vaish fought the long battle against the insurance company on her behalf.

The Guardian, citing the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, mentioned that it was the first polar bear case reported who died due to bird flu. The polar bear was found dead near Utquiagvik in December. Alaska’s state veterinarian told the Alaska Beacon that the bear was scavenging on the carcasses of infected birds.

JN.1 subvariant has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in India, accounting for more than 60% of the coronavirus cases in the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter. «XBB, which was the dominant variant for a long period in the country, has been surpassed by JN.1, which has crossed the 500 mark,» said one of the persons, who did not wish to be identified. As of Thursday, 511 cases of the subvariant JN.1 have been reported across the country. India recorded 760 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths, while the active caseload saw a slight dip to 4,423 from 4,440 on the previous day.

Check all the LIVE updates on COVID-19 hereHealth departments have formed teams and are actively monitoring the seven checkpoints situated in the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border region to stop the spread of the emergence of coronavirus and sub-variant JN.1.Under the directions of District Collector M Aruna and the leadership of Nilgiris District Health Department Sub-Director Baluswamy, the medical and health departments have been divided into teams and are engaged in intensive surveillance work at seven checkpoints located in the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border region to prevent the spread of disease in the regions.As many as 131 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Maharashtra on Sunday, the health department said.However, the number of patients infected with the JN.1 variant remains at 10.According to the Public Health Department of Maharashtra, 80,23,576 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after full recovery.The recovery rate in the state is 98.17 per cent, while the case fatality rate in the state is 1.81 per cent. Out of 8,76,33,748 laboratory samples, 81,72,836 have tested positive (9.33 per cent) for COVID-19 until today.Uttarakhand has reported two COVID-19 cases, said authorities.A 77-year-old man admitted to Max Hospital, Dehradun came positive on Saturday, while the corona report of a 72-year-old female patient came positive on Sunday.To identify the new variant of Covid, JN.1, samples of both infected patients have been sent for genome sequencing.

ANI as saying. It added that the airline “will be responding to the notice, as per protocol". The show cause notice was issued to IndiGo over a complaint by a Delhi-based dietician.

mild infections and that there was no reason to worry, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. The situation in Delhi is still under control and there was no huge rise in cases, Bharadwaj said.

Every month, Mint’s Plain Facts section brings out an update on key global economic data to thread together the biggest developments in the world that are worth paying attention to. The accompanying analysis and charts attempt to explain how each story is creating ripples on the global stage, where it is headed in the coming weeks, and whether it can impact India. This time, we explain the impact of the attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on world trade and the policy pivot by the US Federal Reserve signalling rate cuts this year.