Blood test predicts kids at risk for dengue shock syndrome supriya kashyap kashyap2 May 2017 9:03 AM ISTThe most serious, life-threatening complication of dengue infection is dengue shock syndrome (DSS), seen primarily in children. Daily platelet counts...
First Chikungunya-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in Brazil Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Jun 2017 11:57 AM ISTWhile more than 13,000 cases of Chikungunya viral disease were reported in Brazil in 2015, scientists had never before detected the virus in a...
Guinea worm disease eradication finally within reach Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Oct 2017 10:00 AM ISTEradication of guinea worm disease (dracunculiaisis), targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the year 2015, is finally within reach, with...
New low-cost blood test for prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 Aug 2018 7:20 PM ISTSevere congenital problems and fetal death can result from transmission of toxoplasmosis from mother to fetus, and the tests for parasitic infection....
WHO's new strategy to halve global burden of snakebite Hina Zahid28 Feb 2019 7:20 PM ISTSnakebite affects 5.4 million people globally each year, kills up to 138 000 and leaves 400 000 suffering permanent physical and psychological...
Paromomysin-based topical cream less-toxic therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis Hina Zahid6 May 2019 7:15 PM ISTParomomysin-based topical treatments were shown to be effective in curing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), according to a randomized, double-blind study...
Children hospitalized for dengue often given unnecessary antibiotics Medha Baranwal Baranwal3 July 2019 7:30 PM ISTIndonesia: Children hospitalized with dengue in private hospitals are often given unnecessary antibiotics for presumed concurrent bacterial infection...
A faster, stronger rabies vaccine developed by researchers Hina Zahid15 Nov 2019 8:10 PM ISTRabies is almost always fatal. However, following a rabies exposure the disease is practically 100% preventable by timely post-exposure prophylaxis...
Indian scientists find new drug targets to treat Nipah virus Hina Zahid18 Dec 2019 7:15 PM ISTNipah virus infections have killed 72–86% of the infected individuals in Bangladesh and India. The infections are spread via bodily secretions of...
Oral azithromycin effective treatment option for uncomplicated typhoid fever Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jan 2020 7:20 PM ISTUK: Oral azithromycin at a dose of 500mg daily is an effective treatment for uncomplicated enteric fever (typhoid fever) in outpatient adults but...
