-Outlook Patna: As many as 111 children have died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar this year till October, according to a report released by the National Vector Borne Disease Programme Directorate. Quoting the report, Secunderabad-based neurologist Dr P Nagabhushana Rao said 111 children died, while 279 cases of AES and two of Japanese Encephalitis were reported in the state this year. Rao was speaking at a function organised jointly by the...

-Outlook Gorakhpur: Eight more children succumbed to encephalitis taking the death count from the viral disease to 569 this year in eastern region of Uttar Pradesh, health officials said today. The children died in BRD Medical College Hospital here, they said, adding that one child from Gorakhpur succumbed to the disease yesterday, while rest of seven deaths occurred on Sunday and Monday. Forty eight people with symptoms of encephalitis were admitted to BRD-MCH...

-The Indian Express In Gorakhpur, small successes in understanding - and conquering - the killer disease of children are undercut by a wily virus and administrative bottlenecks Gorakhpur: On August 18, five-year-old Vishal spent the evening playing with friends in Vanjhai village in Gorakhpur district's Bhathat block. He came home irritable, with a slight fever. His mother and grandmother gave him a little milk and sent him to bed. They were not...

-PTI GORAKHPUR, UP: With the death of nine children on Thursday, a total of 15 kids have succumbed to encephalitis during the past three days here. With this, the toll in the region this year due to the disease has risen to 271, health officials said. While six children died on Tuesday, nine others succumbed today, they said, adding that the victims belonged to Gorakhpur and its adjoining districts of Kushinagar, Siddharthanagar and...

-Down to Earth Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study Bihar all set to check encephalitis Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study TIRED of failures by researchers to identify the virus that causes Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), the Bihar government, along with Unicef and the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRI), has sent...