On July 20, 2024, the Union Health Ministry, led by Dr. Atul Goel and experts from AIIMS and other institutions, reviewed Chandipura Virus ...

The JE is caused by a virus called flavivirus and it is primarily transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. The virus is maintained in pigs and wild...

He said that the state health department has recently informed the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) about the detection of a susp...

The first case of Japanese encephalitis viral disease (JE) was documented in 1871 in Japan. The annual incidence of the clinical disease va...

However, he said there was no information suggesting the Afghan Taliban joining terrorist activities in the valley.

UP health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said that all aspects related to the deaths at the state-run BRD medical college hospital were bein...

Some doctors said the problem was being aggravated by the lack of work at the primary health centres, community health centres and district...

Government today admitted that 89 lakh children in India are either partially immunised or have received no immunisation.

Interestingly, India was the first country in the world that set up a separate Department of Biotechnology to nurture this sector three dec...

985 cases and 210 deaths due to JE were reported till September. In the corresponding period in 2014, there were 1,089 cases and 211 deaths...

The Centre has assured AP that it will consider the request of the state government for vaccination against JE in all affected districts.

The minister had convened a high level meeting today to assess the situation, the preventive steps initiated, and the steps required furthe...

As matter becomes a serious concern for health care sector, politicians have come up with even higher level of virulence to churn out polit...

Cabinet approved a Rs 4,038-cr comprehensive multi-pronged plan for prevention & control of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) & Acute Encephalitis...

The Union Cabinet is likely to consider a Rs 4,000-crore multi-pronged plan to tackle Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome...

Union Cabinet deferred considering a Rs 4K-cr multi-pronged proposal to tackle JE/AES which have so far claimed almost 1,000 lives in the c...

Since January, UP has recorded 665 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) -- a severe neurological condition associated with significan...