With six more people dying of encephalitis here since Saturday night, the vector-borne disease has claimed altogether 51 lives in northern West Bengal over the past 18 days, health officials said o

Four more persons died of 'acute encephalitis syndrome' at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) today, while the medical college authorities claimed that the number of patients suf

The Japanese encephalitis (JE)-related death toll in the State has shot up to 29.

The Kamrup (Metro) district has recorded at least 19 cases of Japanese Encephalitis and two cases of dengue since June. With the monsoon here, there are fears of more such outbreaks.

India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the decision of the government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than

GAYA: The somewhat untimely outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has taken health officials by surprise and all out efforts are now being made to fight the menace with effective actions of