37 cases of Chandipura virus detected in Gujarat, says State Health MinisterGujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said on Friday that 37 cases of Chandipura virus have been detected across the state and the state ...
26 Jul, 2024, 05.32 PM IST
Kerala teen dies due to Nipah virus: Here's all you should know about the deadly Zoonotic virusThe patient displayed signs of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) such as sudden onset of fever, as well as clinical signs of neurological d...
22 Jul, 2024, 02.12 PM IST
Nipah Virus: 330 people on contact list, 101 in high-risk category, says Kerala Health MinisterKerala Health Minister Veena George confirmed that seven samples tested for the Nipah Virus were negative, and 330 people are on the contac...
21 Jul, 2024, 10.37 PM IST
Kolkata: Severe Covid in children more common in 3rd wave, doctors advise cautionSeveral hospitals in the city have seen a significant rise in the number of severe Covid cases among children over the last two weeks, with...
28 Jan, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
Here's why Singapore's coronavirus death rate is the lowest in the worldWhile the parameters of the disease continue to be studied as the pandemic progresses, current global trends suggest its impact has been le...
18 Sep, 2020, 09.25 AM IST
Centre issues guidelines for those recovered from Covid-19; lists ways to boost immunityAt an individual level, the government advised patients to continue following the Covid-19 appropriate behavior including wearing a face ma...
13 Sep, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
For Muzaffarpur, child-killer disease a bigger scare even in Covid timesWith all Covid cases detected so far being totally asymptomatic, Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital doctors are more worried about AE...
29 May, 2020, 10.50 AM IST
Getting states to invest more in health is a major challenge: Harsh Vardhan"Health is a subject that requires close coordination with many other sectors, as 80% of determinants of health lie outside of the health d...
20 Jul, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Muzzaffarpur: Anganwadi and Asha workers, who should have conducted awareness drive and monitored food intake of children, were on poll dutyAccording to Dr Arun Shah of the IAP, the Nitish Kumar govt failed to implement the guidelines drafted in 2015 to prevent a similar outbrea...
21 Jun, 2019, 07.46 AM IST
Fever, stiff back? Encephalitis symptoms often flu-like; stay hydrated, have light dinnerSome mild flu-like symptoms of the disease include headache, vomiting and sensitivity to light.
18 Jun, 2019, 03.21 PM IST
Encephalitis deaths drop by 66% in East UP in 2018While a big vaccination drive was launched for JE, a massive sanitation and information campaign was launched this year to check cases of A...
18 Feb, 2019, 07.54 PM IST
UP declares year-long war on encephalitisThe exercise comes in the wake of mounting criticism over the new BJP government’s perceived failure to stop children dying of these diseas...
05 Jan, 2018, 11.26 PM IST
Situation in Gorakhpur's BRD medical college hospital is past the stage of preventionOnly this June, NITI Aayog painted a grim picture before UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of the state’s health parameters.
21 Aug, 2017, 01.07 PM IST
West Bengal’s Maldaha hit by fatal Litchi syndromeMuzaffarpur district of Bihar, another major Litchi producing region had badly suffered with the same disease in 2012 during harvesting in ...
07 Jun, 2014, 06.09 PM IST
Encephalitis death toll touches 590 as six more cases recorded from GorakhpurAll the deaths occured at Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital.
26 Nov, 2013, 02.35 PM IST
Three more kids die of encephalitis in UP, toll touches 584Three more children succumbed to encephalitis taking the death toll due to the disease to 584 in eastern region of Uttar Pradesh.
24 Nov, 2013, 03.58 PM IST
- Mystery virus kills 137 in UP, experts clueless
Since January, UP has recorded 665 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) -- a severe neurological condition associated with significan...
21 Aug, 2009, 03.41 PM IST