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  ‘Superbug’ fungus spread in two cities, health officials say

  World | July 23, 2021 7:56 IST

  Evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home is found in the US.

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  Your doctor’s stethoscope might be giving you serious diseases! Researchers reveal how

  Lifestyle | July 20, 2017 17:02 IST

  Most of the healthcare facilities don't clean their reusable medical equipments which causes serious infectious diseases.

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  Antibiotic resistant "super bug NDM-4" found at AMU

  India | September 03, 2014 11:29 IST

  Aligarh: A deadly bacteria variant known as NDM-4, which is also called the “super bug”, has been found by the medical researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University from the hospital's sewage.The

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  Delhi Govt Decides To Distribute Free Chlorine Tablets

  India | April 13, 2011 21:17 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 13: The Delhi government today rejected the Lancet report on presence of a drug-resistant superbug in city's tap waters but decided to distribute chlorine tablets to people free of cost as a

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  Delhi Water Supply Totally Safe: Dikshit

  India | April 13, 2011 16:44 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 12: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said her government has not “ignored” reports about the presence of a drug-resistant superbug in the capital's public water supply but insisted that it is totally

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  Don't Single Out India On Superbug, Says ICMR Chief

  India | April 11, 2011 18:54 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 11: Accused of "supressing the truth" about drug resistant bacteria reportedly found in Delhi's public water supply, the Union Health Ministry today said India was being "unnecessarily and wrongly blamed" and singled

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  No Need To Panic Over Superbug In Delhi Drinking Water: Official

  India | April 07, 2011 17:41 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 7: The Health Ministry today asked people not to panic over reports of presence of drug-resistant bacteria in the public water supply of the capital, stating that it is a global issue

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  British Scientists Find Superbug In Delhi's Drinking Water

  India | April 07, 2011 13:20 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 7: A superbug immune to almost all known antibiotics has been found in Delhi's drinking water, reports Times of India. British scientists said they have found the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase NDM-1 gene