Scientific investigations into the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in West Bengal, which has claimed 105 lives since June, have revealed a pesticide has been found “above minimum safe

AES outbreak in Siliguri in 1996, traced to imported raspberry, may have led to ‘litchi theory’.

Officials said a survey found out of 450 patients admitted for measles, many had taken vaccines as per schedule.

Doctors said the virus manifests itself much stronger in adults, with longer episodes of the disease, than in children.

With the Delhi government and municipal corporations struggling to contain the dengue outbreak, hospitals have begun reporting cases of patients being diagnosed with both dengue and malaria at the

With the only government-run production unit for yellow fever vaccine in Kasauli out of order for nearly two years, most authorised vaccine centres in the country are fast running out of stock.