A team of volunteers are building and upgrading toilets in Bhutan in an effort to lower the spread of diseases like typhoid
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Drought triggers fear of water-borne diseases
A drought is putting Palskkad, India at risk of waterborne diseases like typhoid
Read moreResearchers discover new variant on notorious resistance gene
New variant on resistance gene MCR-1 found in Salmonella in a healthy carrier in China Gene variant, called MCR-1.6, confers resistance to last-resort polymyxin antibiotics Investigators fear spread of disease via healthy ...
Read more‘Typhoid fever, flu could spread amid hiked exchanges after unification’
If unification between the two Koreas occurs, typhoid fever and other diseases could spread widely in the population, as patterns of disease have differed drastically between the North and the ...
Read moreThreat of typhoid fever epidemic looms large over Wagoora
People in Wagoora, India face the threat of typhoid as the Public Health Engineering Department continue to supply them with unsafe water
Read more‘Our cost-effective test will help detect typhoid in just 7 hours’
An Indian start-up has developed a diagnostic test that can identify typhoid and generate an antibiotic susceptibility profile within 7 hours The test is called iMC2-iAST, which stands for Immune-Magnetic ...
Read more187 cases of waterborne disease reported last week
Waterborne diseases are on the rise in Ahmedabad 35 cases of typhoid reported during the last week
Read moreBMC’s Biggest Ever Crackdown on Illegal Hawkers
Citing concerns about typhoid and hepatitis, Mumbai officials increase fines on unlicensed street food vendors Fines were increased from 1,200 Rs to 5,000 Rs, and 30 million Rs of goods ...
Read moreSpike in cases of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea in city
Delhi has seen a 20-25% increase in the cases of heat stroke, dehydration, upset stomach, and typhoid this week
Read moreGurgaon reports surge in heat stroke, typhoid
Hospitals in Gurgaon are witnessing a 10% surge in their Out-Patient Departments due to heat exhaustion and typhoid
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