Tag Archives: India faces shortage of anti-fungal drug as rare disease adds to its woes

BENGALURU: India said on Friday it was working to alleviate a shortage of a medicine used to treat a rare fungal disease hitting Covid patients as its healthcare system reels under a massive wave of coronavirus infections. Cases of mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a potentially serious condition that causes blurred or double vision, chest pain and breathing difficulties, have surged …

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