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Harnessing AI to generate patterns of antibiotic resistance in real time
1 month, 1 week ago

Harnessing AI to generate patterns of antibiotic resistance in real time

The Hindu  

A team of researchers from IIIT- Delhi have come up with AI-powered data integration and predictive analytics tools, to understand the patterns of antibiotic resistance in real time, enabling various agencies to act on them speedily. As part of a collaboration between Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi, CHRI-PATH, Tata 1mg, and Indian Council of Medical Research scientists, the AI-driven tool …

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Innovation, as a solution to the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance
1 month, 1 week ago

Innovation, as a solution to the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Antimicrobial resistance is an escalating public health crisis with the potential to undermine the effectiveness of current antibiotics, leading to longer hospital stays, more intensive care, and higher mortality rates. India’s potential leadership in AMR innovation India, with its massive population, diverse healthcare infrastructure and socio-economic challenges, faces unique hurdles in combating AMR. The government’s commitment to addressing AMR through …

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UK on alert over rise in drug-resistant bacterial infections in Ukraine
1 month, 4 weeks ago

UK on alert over rise in drug-resistant bacterial infections in Ukraine

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Overuse of antibiotics is the main cause of the so-called “silent pandemic” of AMR infections, …

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AMR lab becomes operational at Idukki Medical College Hospital
2 months ago

AMR lab becomes operational at Idukki Medical College Hospital

The Hindu  

An antimicrobial research lab has become operational at the Idukki Medical College Hospital. The facility is the first to be set up in the district, officials informed at a medical college development committee meeting presided over by Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine. At the meeting, Mr. Augustine directed KITCO to complete the ongoing construction works at the medical college hospital …

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UoH Startup’s AI Platform on Microsoft’s Coffee Table Book
2 months ago

UoH Startup’s AI Platform on Microsoft’s Coffee Table Book

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AMRx, an AI/ML-based diagnostic solution developed by Hyderabad-based SCIINV Biosciences, has been featured in Microsoft’s prestigious coffee table book From Promise to Proof. SCIINV Biosciences, an ASPIRE BioNEST-incubated start-up from the University of Hyderabad, focuses on affordable digital diagnostics to combat antimicrobial resistance. AMRx, developed in collaboration with San Jose-based Innominds, is a patented diagnostic solution that predicts urinary …

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ICMR and CDSCO develop framework for validation of pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
2 months, 1 week ago

ICMR and CDSCO develop framework for validation of pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation have developed a test for identifying antimicrobial pathogens and susceptibility to antimicrobial resistance among patients. In India, there is a pressing need for high quality, affordable diagnostics tools tailored to meet the specific requirements of the healthcare system, said Dr Rajiv Bahl, Director General, ICMR in …

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Infections caused by superbugs pushing families into debt: ICMR study
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Infections caused by superbugs pushing families into debt: ICMR study

India Today  

Antimicrobial resistance remains one of the most pressing global health challenges, threatening to reverse decades of medical progress. A recent study conducted across eight tertiary care hospitals in India, including government, private, and trust hospitals, highlighted the economic burden of AMR infections. These hospitals, part of the Indian Council of Medical Research's Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network, followed standardised protocols for …

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Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it
3 months, 1 week ago

Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Because Homs has a wide variety of religions, we …

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Why Syria’s Homs, the current theatre of civil war, is called ‘capital of revolution’ against Assad
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Syria’s Homs, the current theatre of civil war, is called ‘capital of revolution’ against Assad

Firstpost  

After capturing Aleppo and Hama in quick succession, Islamists rebels have now reached the strategically important city of Homs. Historically dominated by the Sunnis, Homs became home to a massive Alawite population – President Bashar al-Assad’s sect – after the 1963 coup. After non-violent protests inspired by the Arab Spring began nationwide in March 2011, Homs city saw the first …

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Time to step up the fight against AMR
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Time to step up the fight against AMR

Hindustan Times  

Invisible yet rampant, antimicrobial resistance is responsible for five million deaths worldwide each year, surpassing both HIV/AIDS and malaria in terms of mortality rates. The recently concluded United Nations General Assembly special session on AMR, set an ambitious target of 70% antibiotic use belonging to the WHO ‘access’ groups with low adverse effects and potential to cause AMR. Collaborative efforts …

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How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic

Firstpost  

India, with its scientific expertise, vibrant civil society, and rich tradition of public health innovation, can lead the global fight against antibiotic resistance. In 2017, the World Bank estimated that by 2050, unchecked AMR could wipe away 3.8 per cent of global gross domestic product each year and push 2.8 crore people into poverty. Losses resulting from the impact of …

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The environmental threat of antimicrobial resistance in India
4 months ago

The environmental threat of antimicrobial resistance in India

Hindustan Times  

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health crisis, making common infections harder to treat and threatening lives. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics poses a direct threat not just to human health but also to food security, as infections among plants, livestock and aquaculture species become harder to treat, risking animal health and reducing productivity. In human health, as bacteria become …

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India can lead the way in tackling antimicrobial resistance
4 months ago

India can lead the way in tackling antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Drug-resistant infections may be a global killer, associated with nearly five million deaths a year, but a fifth of all these deaths occur in just one single country — India. The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership is deeply involved with India, partnering with the ICMR as well as several pharmaceutical firms and manufacturers and carrying out studies within India. …

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When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases
4 months ago

When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases

The Hindu  

Life took a sudden turn for 49-year-old David Thompson from Bengaluru when he was diagnosed with mouth cancer. “The incremental risk to life with infection, multidrug resistance and the side effects of powerful antibiotics is the ‘terrible triad’ of modern antimicrobial resistance. Swetavalli Raghavan, appointed as the advisor on AMR to Karnataka’s Health Department, is developing the Action Plan to …

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Survey confirms rampant misuse of over-the-counter antibiotics in Mumbai
4 months, 1 week ago

Survey confirms rampant misuse of over-the-counter antibiotics in Mumbai

India Today  

Most people in Mumbai hardly consult a doctor before buying an antibiotic, according to a recent survey by Fortis Hospitals. Speaking to IndiaToday.in, Dr Farah Ingale, Director-Internal Medicine, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, said that most people end up buying antibiotics without consulting the doctor because they are easily accessible. Dr Kirti Sabnis, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Fortis Kalyan, warned …

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India proposes new approach to better detect antimicrobial resistance
4 months, 1 week ago

India proposes new approach to better detect antimicrobial resistance

India Today  

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat that requires immediate action, said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Singh Patel at the 4th Ministerial High-level Global Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Highlighting India's "One Health" approach and advocating for collaboration across human, animal, plant health, and environmental sectors to address AMR, the union …

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Vaccines Could Reduce Antibiotic Use by 22% and Save Millions of Lives
5 months, 1 week ago

Vaccines Could Reduce Antibiotic Use by 22% and Save Millions of Lives

Hindustan Times  

New WHO report highlights the crucial role of effective vaccine coverage in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The report finds that vaccines against 24 pathogens could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% or 2.5 billion daily doses globally every year. Vaccines are essential in reducing the overall AMR burden as they prevent infections, reduce the use and overuse of …

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A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 04, 2024 23:22 IST - 4 MINS READ AMR threatens to unwind a century of medical progress, and could return us to the pre-antibiotic era, where infections that are treatable today could become much harder to treat and potentially deadly tomorrow. AMR makes all manner of routine medical procedures riskier; in low- and middle-income countries, approximately 11 …

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Deadline extended for GAMRIF C-CAMP AMR challenge 2024-2025
6 months, 1 week ago

Deadline extended for GAMRIF C-CAMP AMR challenge 2024-2025

The Hindu  

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms has extended the application deadline for the GAMRIF C-CAMP AMR challenge 2024-2025 till September 22. The Global AMR Innovation Fund is a U.K. One Health aid fund that supports Research and Development around the world to reduce the threat of Antimicrobial Resistance in humans, animals and the environment for the benefit of people …

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Drug-resistant germs will kill millions more people in coming decades, researchers warn
6 months, 1 week ago

Drug-resistant germs will kill millions more people in coming decades, researchers warn

LA Times  

Unless officials take action to develop new medications, drug-resistant infections could kill nearly 2 million people a year in 2050. Now, a new report finds that unless officials take action to develop new medications, “superbug” infections could kill nearly 2 million people a year in 2050 — a 67.5% increase from the 1.14 million lives lost this way in 2021. …

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How superbugs could kill nearly 40 million people by 2050
6 months, 1 week ago

How superbugs could kill nearly 40 million people by 2050

Firstpost  

Superbugs will kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, according to a new global analysis. Antimicrobial resistance or AMR will kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, according to a new global analysis. Deaths among children under five from superbugs fell by more than 50 per cent over the last three decades, the study …

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Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050
6 months, 1 week ago

Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050

The Hindu  

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, September 16, 2024, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario. More than a million people died from the superbugs -- also called antimicrobial resistance -- per year across the world between 1990 and 2021, …

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Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates
6 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates

CNN  

CNN — The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050, a new study projects, further showing the burden of theongoing superbug crisis. Older adults bear the burden The researchers – from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project, the Institute for …

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Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates
6 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 40 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant superbug infections by 2050, new study estimates

CNN  

CNN — The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050, a new study projects, further showing the burden of theongoing superbug crisis. Older adults bear the burden The researchers – from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project, the Institute for …

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