Criticised for not doing enough to tackle the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, where hundreds of children die or are dis

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolio, will work in concert with the Union Health Ministry and prepare an action plan to sub

New Delhi: Two more people have been confirmed positive for Japanese Encephalitis in the city, taking the total number of patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease to 14.

In Gorakhpur, thousands have become a burden on their poor families

BURDWAN/KOLKATA, 28 OCT: Close on the heels of the uproar over crib deaths at a Kolkata Hospital, the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (BMCH) recorded deaths of 12 newborns in 24 hours.

Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage

Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death.

The encephalitis dance of death in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar’s bordering districts looks set to cross all previous records this year.

DIBRUGARH: The State Government has undertaken a mass campaign for Japanese Encephalitis Immunization in Sivasagar district, as a pilot project from Oct 9 this year.

With over 400 children dying of Japanese encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh so far this year, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has suggested the setting up a group of ministers

With 10 more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 488 this year, health officials said on Tuesday.

Ten persons suffering from the disease died in various hospitals in the region in the last four days, they said.