Dr. K. Kalyan Chakravarthy | Photo Credit: T VIJAY KUMAR Doctors at SHRI Hospital, Guntur, have successfully treated a 72-year-old woman from Bapatla suffering from a chronic, multidrug-resistant bone and joint infection. The patient had battled Acinetobacter baumannii for six months — resistant to all available antibiotics — before being admitted in critical condition in … Read more
Fergus Walsh Medical editor BBC Dr Ellie Irwin’s sight has been saved after a test pinpointed the cause of her long-lasting eye inflammation A 29-year-old doctor from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a “game-changing” test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years. Ellie Irwin suffered persistent inflammation in … Read more
Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not receive a small bowel and liver transplant within the next few weeks, the tiny two-year-old could die. That is the reality his parents are living with as they do everything they can to maximise his … Read more
The death of a 13-year-old girl from Kannur in Kerala while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode has been ascribed to amoebic meningoencephalitis. (image for representation only) | Photo Credit: AFP The death of a 13-year-old girl from Kannur while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode has been ascribed to amoebic … Read more
Representational image only. The Pegasus spyware, which the Union government has not categorically denied buying or using, allows attackers to extract all the contents of smartphones by leveraging software weaknesses that are known to a select few hackers, and sold for millions of dollars. The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in … Read more
Prof Rowland Kao said it was important to track the new Covid variant and some people cannot afford the tests. Source link
The CDSCO has begun investigation against a complaint raised by Sri Lankan Ministry of Health alleging eyedrops manufactured in India cause eye infection | representative image The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has initiated an investigation into a complaint raised by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health alleging that eyedrops manufactured in India are … Read more
Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari | File Photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of not doing enough to check the spread of adenovirus, the BJP on Thursday demanded a statement from the Chief Minister on the recent deaths caused by the infection. The BJP legislature party, towards … Read more
The girl was a pupil at Black Mountain Primary School in west Belfast and became severely ill last week. Source link
India logged 226 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally of cases to 4.46 crore while active caseload has declined by 68 to reach 4,529, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 5,30,6278 with one fatality being reported from Odisha, data updated at 8 … Read more