While the district health department is still busy in making preparations for providing better medicare to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) patients in SK Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) and Kejr

The prevailing intense cold wave has claimed 11 more lives in Bihar, taking the total number of deaths in the state due to inclement weather to 18, an official said Thursday.

Encephalitis toll in Bihar has risen to 221 since May this year following death of 12 more patients on Wednesday, official sources said.

Altogether 153 children have died due to symptoms of encephalitis in the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital and Kejriwal Charitable Hospital in Muzaffarpur, while 52 children have died in the Patna Medical College and Hospital, Additional Secretary (Health) R. P. Ojha told reporters here.

The Bihar government confirmed on Tuesday that 100 children aged below 13 have died because of suspected encephalitis this season, mostly in Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Motihari, Sitamarhi and also in perip

Bihar has set out to match Mumbai with its own version of the Marine Drive.

Sixteen SUVs which the Union Health ministry had provided for its vector-borne disease control programme — to be used for surveillance purposes — have become a bone of contention between the minist

The Patna High Court has asked the state government to submit a detailed report on measures taken to treat and control encephalitis cases, especially in Magadh region.