Why diseases are "mysterious"

The government's public health system is completely defunct. Of late, there has been an alarming rise in disease outbreaks in the country. …

Monsoon of death

Every monsoon, Baba Raghav Das Medical College of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, witnesses hundreds of children dying of viral encephalitis or Acute …

Children of a lesser State

A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,…

All encephalitis-affected states to get counselling centres soon

Reason for spread of Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in India still unknown

AES in Bihar: Muzaffarpur officials focus on preventing outbreak rather than providing treatment later

The administration in Muzaffarpur and it neighbouring districts are rushing with last-minute efforts to prevent AES, as summer starts to peak

'Every fourth AES case in Gorakhpur is of Japanese Encephalitis'

What used to be just 4-7 per cent of the total AES cases every year, increased to 25 per cent this time, said an official from BRD Medical College

Day after toddler’s death, AES fears keep Bihar doctors on toes

At least 2 more children show symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, are undergoing treatment at government-run hospital in Muzaffarpur

Is scrub typhus the likely cause behind Gorakhpur tragedy?

Media reports suggest that the deaths could be due to scrub typhus, a disease cause by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a rickettsial group of bacteria

Suffocating tragedy

There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …

India’s mysterious diseases: A timeline

India has witnessed at least 33 unknown fever and 12 acute encephalitis syndrome outbreaks since 2019

Japanese encephalitis on the rise in Assam, spreads to almost all districts

160 persons have died of the disease since May; state government yet to respond to notice of state human rights commission on failing to tackle …

Gorakhpur child deaths not the only case of mismanagement in government hospitals

There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome strikes north Bihar again, 2 children dead

Children with AES symptoms visiting regularly: Supreintendent of SKMC Hospital, Muzaffarpur

AES and Gorakhpur's BRD hospital: A case study in why primary healthcare needs beefing up

AES cases haven't yet come up this season in UP, but BRD is crammed already with patients, some of whom have travelled 100 km 

AES in Bihar: Poor anganwadi centres failed to deliver

The state also has the second-highest number of cases of malnourished children (43.9 per cent) in India    

Lessons from Muzaffarpur

The AES outbreak in North Bihar must be taken as another opportunity for India to reflect and brainstorm to decide a way ahead for future health …

Amid election din, encephalitis quietly kills 104 people in east UP

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's tall claims of improving UP's healthcare system is an insult to the people

Kuttanad: a case in point

Kuttanad in Malayalam means 'small town'. But the ecological devastation which human hands have wrought here is in no way small or insignificant

Bihar health minister admits 57 children have died due to AES outbreak

Mangal Pandey, who had earlier denied AES as the cause of deaths, now admits it is responsible

Litchi causing encephalitis deaths in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district: study

The study establishes relation between litchi consumption and encephalitis after conducting a hospital-based surveillance on 390 patients

Protein that helps dengue, Japanese Encephalitis viruses multiply identified

This protein replicates inside human body by inhibiting anti-viral cytokines, finds study

AES in Bihar: Lack of awareness plays in loop

The brain fever first struck the state in 1995 and has continued taking lives of hordes of children and claimed lives of more than 170 …

Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever

Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …

India’s mysterious diseases: The ailments that remain undiagnosed

There have been some diseases in India that have perplexed the government and medical fraternity for decades

Fever still a mystery

Authorities yet to identify cause of deadly disease prevalent in Muzaffarpur for a decade