Common antibiotic may be cost-saving treatment for reducing maternal sepsis: Study
Administering oral doses of the antibiotic azithromycin to pregnant individuals could potentially serve as a cost-effective measure for mitigating maternal sepsis, mortality, or infection in developing nations. This conclusion stems from a study incorporating data from seven countries, including India. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 13, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Use These Antibiotics for Close Contacts of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, CDC Says
(MedPage Today) -- Rifampin, ceftriaxone, or azithromycin are recommended as first-line alternatives to ciprofloxacin prophylaxis for close contacts of people with meningococcal disease in areas where the disease is highly resistant to ciprofloxacin... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Azithromycin at Routine Visits Fails to Prevent Infant Deaths in Africa
(MedPage Today) -- Azithromycin did not prevent infant deaths when provided at routine healthcare visits in the West African country of Burkina Faso, a randomized controlled trial demonstrated. Among infants who received a single oral dose of... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 17, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

China Faces a Surge in Children Suffering Respiratory Illnesses
The World Health Organization asked China for detailed information about a surge in respiratory illnesses in children, including pneumonia, as top pediatric medical centers across the country are overwhelmed with patients. The WHO cited reports including one this week from ProMED, which tracks outbreaks of infectious diseases around the world, warning of an “undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China.” The international health body has requested additional epidemiological and clinical information and test results from Chinese officials, it said in a statement Wednesday. [time-brightc...
Source: TIME: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bloomberg News Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news

Azithromycin - Oral, Injection products
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - November 16, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

This Antibiotic May Reduce C. Diff Risk in Pneumonia Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Compared with azithromycin, doxycycline was associated with reduced Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a retrospective cohort study found. Used alongside... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Too Many Mothers Are Dying in Childbirth. Here ’s How They Can Be Saved
With recent reports of difficult pregnancies and births from celebrities like Beyonce, Serena Williams, and Alyson Felix, and the death of Olympian Tori Bowie during childbirth, the long-overlooked dangers of maternal and child mortality have become increasingly prominent. In a new report published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the global health philanthropic group highlights lagging progress in achieving United Nations (UN) goals for lowering mother and child deaths, along with innovative ways of addressing the problems with relatively inexpensive and easy to implement solutions that the group projects co...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Vaccination Is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs — Experts
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) The first thing you notice about eight-month-old Manahil Zeeshan is how tiny she looks on the adult-size hospital bed at the government-run Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Korangi, a neighbourhood in Karachi. Her right foot is taped with a cannula, and she whimpers incessantly. “I have been in and out of the hospital for the last seven days,” said Uzma Mohammad, Zeeshan’s mom, with worry lines...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Africa Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news

Oral Azithromycin Equivalent to Six Weeks Doxycycline for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 -- Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study published online March 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Phit... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Flu outbreak is tonic for medicine sales
"Severe cough, cold, influenza infections led to the sale of medicines going up by 20-25% in February," said Rajiv Singhal, general secretary, AIOCD, which is monitoring the situation to ensure that stocks are adequate. "We have seen a significant rise in the sales of fever medicines like paracetamol, azithromycin and cough syrups." (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death
(MedPage Today) -- Giving azithromycin to mothers during labor did not reduce the incidence of neonatal sepsis or mortality, a randomized trial conducted in Gambia and Burkina Faso found. Of nearly 12,000 live births in the two West African nations... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Indian scientists identify better drug treatment for severe scrub typhus
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows that treating patients with a combination of intravenous antibiotics doxycycline and azithromycin is more effective than the current monotherapy of using either drug alone. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Indians' medical bills set to swell, here's why
The sharp increase has been witnessed in high-volume key antibiotics including azithromycin and amoxicillin imported from China. "These are also the products where India has near or complete dependence on China. As against this, prices of most vitamins, including vitamin B and D, also imported from China, are at an all-time low," stated the TOI report. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Azithromycin Cuts Maternal Sepsis, Death in Vaginal Delivery
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 -- For women planning a vaginal delivery, a single dose of azithromycin is associated with a reduction in the risk for maternal sepsis or death, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in the New England Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Single-Dose Antibiotic Reduced Maternal Sepsis in Vaginal Delivery
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnant women considering vaginal deliveries had a lower risk of developing sepsis during childbirth if they were treated with a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin, a multinational trial involving seven low- or middle... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news