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Bihar encephalitis update: Three kids succumb to the disease

May 9, 2013
A six-month-old baby succumbed to a deadly mosquito-borne disease in Bihar on Thursday, taking the toll from the disease to three in 2013, and 16 children have been admitted to hospitals in Muzaffarpur, officials said. …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Deceased’s families yet to receive compensation

July 2, 2012
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 month, an official said Monday. Nearly 20 days after the state …

WHO to help Bihar fight encephalitis

June 30, 2012
The World Health Organisation is ready to provide all assistance to encephalitis-hit Bihar, according to WHO India representative Nata Menabde. She said that while WHO was ready to provide all assistance for establishing what …

In encephalitis-hit Bihar, parents pray to god to save their kids

June 29, 2012
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 save their children. The disease, called acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), is …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Pune’s NIV confirms disease isn’t Japanese encephalitis

June 29, 2012
Pune's National Institute of Virology has confirmed that the disease which has killed over 200 people in Bihar isn't Japanese encephalitis. The acute encephalitis syndrome(AES) that has killed 233 children in Bihar since May is …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Toll rises to 230

June 25, 2012
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 said. Additional Secretary (Health) R.P. Ojha said that of the 581 …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Toll rises to 204

June 20, 2012
Four more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll from the disease to 204 in the last one month, officials said. Additional Secretary (Health) R.P. Ojha said that …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Toll rises to 200

June 19, 2012
The mystery disease which has claimed 200 lives in Bihar and had been termed as ‘Acute Encephalitis Syndrome’ is actually just encephalitis said the Bihar government. Lab tests proved that the  disease was encephalitis …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Nine more dead, toll 159

June 16, 2012
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 in the last three weeks, officials said here Saturday. "Fresh …

After Bihar, UP hit by acute encephalitis syndrome

June 16, 2012
 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 patients, mostly children from poor families, …

Bihar encephalitis update: Seven more die, death toll 150

June 16, 2012
 Seven more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur and Patna districts of Bihar, taking the state's death toll to 150 in the past month. State health officials said they had identified 10 districts …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Monetary compensation for casualties’ families

June 15, 2012
According to health officials, some 69 children have died in Muzaffarpur, 10 in Gaya and 42 in Patna due to AES. Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed nearly 150 lives in Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts last year. A …

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome – Bihar’s mystery disease finally has a name!

June 12, 2012
Finally the mystery disease has a name. The disease that has killed more than 100 children across three districts of Bihar in the past fortnight has been identified as acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the government has …

Should the mystery encephalitis-like disease be declared an epidemic?

June 12, 2012
The Bihar state government has urged the centre to declare a mysterious disease that has killed 102 children an epidemic, Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey said. Following the deaths of children in Muzaffarpur, Gaya and …