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Pathogens use force to overcome immune defences: Study
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Indiana University researchers have found a previously unknown technique by which infections penetrate a cell with physical force, bypassing the body's immunological defences that prevent infection, similar to a burglar smashing a window to get into a house.
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AIDS, HIV are not transmitted just by having sex: Dr Jugal Kishore
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Dr Jugal Kishore, Community Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital on Friday said that earlier people who got infected with HIV were certain that they would die as their immune system used to get completely affected, adding that there was that fear factor that was a
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Delhi Health Minister denies alarming situation in hospitals amid pneumoni
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Many things are not clear in the advisory we received from the Central Government, there is a lack of information. Not much information is coming from China also. But we held a meeting with expert doctors of Delhi such as respiratory experts, and paediatrics and tried to understand whether
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Throat pain, symptoms similar to routine infections common during winter o
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Union Health Ministry recently said that it is closely monitoring the reported outbreak of H9N2 cases and clusters of respiratory illness in children, Director of Lady Harding Hospital, Dr Subhash Giri reiterated to take precautions and said that H9N2 virus in China is spreading
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Researchers give insight into repairing nerve cells after injury, in chron
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Each year, more than 3 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are destroyed, resulting in pain and loss of feeling in the afflicted areas. Diabetes, injuries, genetically inherited disease, infe
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How Safe are Cough Syrups for Diabetics?
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29: Coughing serves an important bodily function - it is your body's attempt to clear your airways of mucus or other irritants when changing weather, allergies, colds, flu or lung infections. A wet or dry cough takes a toll, causing discomfort and fatigue. The com
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Researchers reveal new ways to identify bacteria more easily
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Antibiotics are used far too frequently all over the world. Bacteria are getting resistant as a result. Curing bacterial infections is becoming increasingly challenging because antibiotics are one of our most powerful tools in the fight against them.
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Bharat Biotech, institute Sydney ID partner to combat infectious diseases
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharat Biotech is a world-leading vaccine and biotherapeutics manufacturer. During the Covid pandemic, it made the vaccine Covaxin, which was administered by millions across the globe
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India prepared, see no threat from China respiratory infections: Safdarjun
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
China is reporting a large number of respiratory infections, particularly among children, and hospital wards are reportedly running full.
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Respiratory illness cases in China due to "common viruses, no possibility
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid rising cases of respiratory illness in China, Dr SK Kabra, (HoD Mother and Child Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) has said that viral infections are common in winters and there is no possibility of another pandemic like COVID yet.
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Feeding raw meat to dogs increases risk of infectious E.coli: Study
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Bristol revealed that feeding dogs raw meat increases their chances of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by the antibiotic ciprofloxacin
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Afghanistan: Doctors concerned over spread of infectious diseases amid mas
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Several medical professionals discussed the transmission of several infectious diseases among recently deported refugees from Pakistan, TOLOnews reported.
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