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Seventy chicken samples from Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), tested by the Centre for Science and Environment, were found to be carrying traces of five antibiotics.

Each time you eat chicken, you could also be consuming a cocktail of antibiotics.

Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry indus

A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has linked growing antibiotic resistance in humans to its large-scale, indiscriminate use in the poultry industry.

Large scale, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance in Indians who are falling prey to many otherwise curable ailments, said a new study released

Growing antibiotic-resistance in humans also because of large-scale indiscriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry, claims CSE study.

more at http://www.cseindia.org/node/5487

Awareness campaigns similar to those of polio or HIV are needed for hepatitis in India, stressed experts at AIIMS today during an awareness programme organised to mark World Hepatitis Day.

HIV/AIDS mortality rate rising by 11pc annually in Pakistan Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - Karachi—Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is claiming more lives in P

KARACHI: Pakistan has registered accelerated decline in death rates from TB and malaria since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 20

Human Immunodefic­iency Virus/Acquired Immunodefi­ciency Syndrome (HIV/Aids) is claiming more lives in Pakistan than ever, says a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries release

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