Children’s deaths: Bihar families yet to get compensation
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 2 (IANS) Families of hundreds of children who died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar are yet to be paid compensation announced by the state government last ... Read more...
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Homeopathy, fish to take on encephalitis in UP?
June 30th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 30 (IANS) Even as a worried Uttar Pradesh government is combating the outbreak of encephalitis that has claimed 117 lives in the last one month in the eastern ... Read more...
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Ready to assist encephalitis-hit Bihar: WHO
June 29th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The World Health Organisation Friday said it was ready to provide all assistance to encephalitis-hit Bihar.Talking to reporters here, WHO India representative Nata Menabde said ... Read more...
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In encephalitis-hit Bihar, parents pray to god to save their kids
June 29th, 2012 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Muzaffarpur(Bihar), June 29 (IANS) The disease has already claimed the lives of more than 200 children and affected nearly 600 in Bihar. Distraught parents are now praying to god to ... Read more...
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Japanese Encephalitis claims 3 in Assam
June 28th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 28 (IANS) The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said Thursday.So far, one person has died in ... Read more...
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Killer disease is not Japanese encephalitis
June 28th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 28 (IANS) It is official now. The acute encephalitis syndrome(AES) that has killed 233 children in Bihar since May is not Japanese encephalitis, it was announced Thursday.The ruling ... Read more...
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Junior doctors end 14-day strike in Bihar
June 28th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Patna, June 27 (IANS) Junior doctors of Bihar's premier medical institution - the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) - ended their 14-day long strike Wednesday after the state government ... Read more...
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Encephalitis claims five more lives in Bihar, toll 230
June 24th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna June 24 (IANS) Five more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district Sunday, taking the toll in the state to 230 since May, an official ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills four more in Bihar, toll 204
June 19th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Four more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Tuesday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll from the disease to 204 in the last ... Read more...
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Bihar, Uttar Pradesh battle to contain deadly encephalitis outbreak (Roundup)
June 16th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna/Lucknow, June 16 (IANS) Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the deadly mosquito-borne disease that has hit Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two of India's most populated states, is spreading.More deaths of AES ... Read more...
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Encephalitis claims 9 more lives in Bihar, toll now 159
June 16th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Nine more children have died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Patna districts, taking the state's toll from the disease to 159 ... Read more...
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Encephalitis scare in UP after 88 deaths
June 16th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 16 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has pressed the panic button as 88 people have succumbed to various strains of encephalitis in the last fortnight, a disease that ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills 7 more in Bihar, death toll 150 (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Seven more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Friday in Muzaffarpur and Patna districts of Bihar, taking the state's death toll to 150 in the ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills 4 more in Bihar, toll mounts to 147
June 15th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Four more children succumbed to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Friday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll to 147 in the state in the last ... Read more...
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Bihar to give Rs 50,000 for encephalitis victims
June 13th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 13 (IANS) The families of children, who died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) will be paid a monetary compensation, officials said Wednesday.The state government has announced a compensation ... Read more...
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Bihar’s mystery disease is acute encephalitis syndrome: minister
June 12th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 12 (IANS) The mysterious disease that has killed more than 100 children across three districts of Bihar in the past fortnight has been identified as acute encephalitis syndrome ... Read more...
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73 kids die of ‘mysterious’ disease in Bihar
June 8th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 8 (IANS) A "mysterious" disease has claimed the lives of 73 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said Friday.State health department ... Read more...
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Communicable diseases a major health challenge: Minister
December 21st, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Calling communicable diseases a "major public health challenge", union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said various socio-economic and environmental reasons underlie the growing burden ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills 3 kids in Bihar, toll at 92
December 8th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 8 (IANS) Suspected Japanese encephalitis, which causes irritation and swelling of the brain, has claimed three more lives since Wednesday, taking the toll to 92 children in Bihar's ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills 8 more kids in Bihar
October 13th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed the lives of eight more children in the last five days in Bihar's Gaya district, taking the death toll in the ... Read more...
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Bihar: Suspected brain disease kills 54 children
October 3rd, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis, a brain infection, has killed three more children in Bihar's Gaya district, taking the death toll due to the disease to 54, an official ... Read more...
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Bihar: Suspected encephalitis kills six more
September 14th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 14 (IANS) With six more children dying, encephalitis is now suspected to have claimed 25 young lives in Bihar, an official said Wednesday.The six children died in the ... Read more...
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19 children dead in Bihar, encephalitis suspected
September 12th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 12 (IANS) With three more children dying, encephalitis is now suspected to have claimed 19 young lives in Bihar, an official said Monday even as the state is ... Read more...
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Suspected brain disease kills nine kids in Bihar
September 6th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) Nine children have died of suspected encephalitis, an acute brain infection, in Bihar's Gaya district during the last two weeks, a health official said ... Read more...
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Encephalitis claims 55 lives in Bihar
August 16th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) As many as 55 people, mostly children, have died in Bihar in the last one-and-a-half months due to encephalitis, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.Health ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh battles viruses, over 200 dead
September 10th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) The mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis has claimed several lives in Uttar Pradesh this year but there are other infectious agents - called enteroviruses - that are believed to have ... Read more...
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Encephalitis on rise in Gorakhpur, claims 331 lives
October 4th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur, Oct 4 (ANI): Acute encephalitis that causes inflammation of the brain, is on a rise, which has so far claimed 331 lives in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.Uttar Pradesh has been in ... Read more...
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Clinical trial of new anti-rabies antibody launched in India
October 2nd, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) A clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a newly-developed anti-rabies antibody has got underway here.
The antibody, known as human monoclonal antibody (MAB), used to ... Read more...
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Trials testing safety of new antibody aimed at rabies virus launched in India
October 1st, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): A clinical trial testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody (MAB) developed to neutralize the rabies virus has been launched in King Edward Memorial ... Read more...
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Encephalitis kills 200 children in northern India
August 25th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 25 (ANI): Health officials have said that at least 200 children have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India.According to a report by BBC News, so far, ... Read more...
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Chandigarh is free of rabies, rinder pest
May 5th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) The union territory of Chandigarh has been declared free of rabies and rinder pest, a disease that affects bovines, an official said here Tuesday.
"With no case of rinder ... Read more...
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Encephalitis assumes alarming proportions in UP
May 3rd, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
By Pawan ShahGorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 3 (ANI): Fetal encephalitis has made a brutal come back in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District.The vector-borne disease that causes inflammation of the brain has affected ... Read more...
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Central government to blame for diseases: Uttar Pradesh minister
September 17th, 2008 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Anant Kumar Misra Tuesday blamed the central government for the various diseases threatening to take on an epidemic proportion in the state.He sought to ... Read more...
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Health alert in Uttar Pradesh
August 29th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) With thousands of people affected by diarrhoea, malaria, gastroenteritis and even a mysterious disease that has claimed at least 135 lives, Uttar Pradesh has sounded a statewide health ... Read more...
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Acute encephalitis on the rise in Gorakhpur
July 31st, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur, July 31 (ANI): Cases of acute encephalitis that cause inflammation of the brain, are on a rise in Gorakhpur.
The fatal vector-borne disease that spreads through fecal-oral route has claimed 90 ... Read more...
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