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
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
After the 'encephalitis-like' disease claimed 81 innocent lives in Bihar, the doctors still have not been able to figure out what to do about it. They now seek help from the central government to tackle it, officials said.
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An as yet unidentified "mysterious" disease with symptoms similar to encephalitis has claimed the lives of 73 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said Friday.
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The deaths of five more children because of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts has taken the death toll to 36 in 10 days, officials said Thursday. The government has yet to identify the cause of the
The encephalitis toll in Bihar is now at 23 with four more children having succumbed to it in Muzzaffarpur and Gaya districts since Monday, officials said Tuesday.The mosquito-borne disease claimed nearly 150 lives last year in
Suspected encephalitis has killed three more children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts, taking the death toll in eight days to 18, officials said Monday. Nearly a dozen districts of the state have been put on high
Suspected encephalitis has killed 15 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts in the last week, officials said Saturday.The mosquito-borne disease, which claimed nearly 150 lives last year, has returned with a