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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been diagnosed with a bacterial disease known as leptospirosis. The 50-year-old AAP leader was admitted to Fortis Hospital in Mohali for a routine check-up following tropical fever, the subsequent blood tests confirmed the infection. According to a health bulletin released by the hospital on Saturday, the chief minister is … Read more
BLACKSBURG: Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered how bacteria change molecules in order to infect their host.The mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the cause of dysentery, modulates molecular activity to ensure its survival despite its host’s natural defences has been uncovered by Daniel Capelluto and his research team.Their research was just published … Read more
A 17-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire has been fighting for her life after she caught an E.coli infection back in November. The girl, identified as Antonia Hay, contracted the deadly bacterial infection after eating something at a Christmas market in Great Missenden. She has been in intensive care for the last two weeks and has had … Read more
