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KFC faces pressure after McDonald's says no antibiotics in chicken

Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 17:25

KFC, the world`s largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after McDonald`s Corp said it would switch to chicken raised without human antibiotics.

Water treatment facilities hotspots for superbugs: Study

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 09:57

Even as the crisis of antibiotic resistance looms large, an international team of doctors has found that waster water treatment facilities, including where chlorination of drinking water is done, are hotspots for spread of the multidrug-resistance organisms or superbugs.

Group asks FDA to treat superbugs like rare diseases

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 11:15

A research group is proposing a new tool in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: turn infections into a rare disease.

Superbugs `unchecked` in India: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 11:25

A new report has claimed that about 100- 200 million Indians might be carrying two lethal forms of superbug.

How superbugs become resistant to antibiotics

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 19:57

Scientists have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria.

Superbug in Delhi drinking water

Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:18

The NDM 1 gene creates what some experts describe as "super superbugs”.