UP: Four more succumb to encephalitis, toll 421

Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 11:10

Four more children succumbed to encephalitis here, taking the death toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 421 this year.

UP: 7 children succumb to encephalitis, toll reaches 400

Last Updated: Sunday, October 7, 2012, 13:34

This year, a total of 2,535 encephalitis patients were admitted to different government hospitals of the region of which 400 died.

Seven more succumb to encephalitis, toll climbs to 390

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 10:37

Seven more children succumbed to encephalitis at the BRD Medical College Hospital here, taking the death toll due to the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 390 this year.

Three more die of encephalitis in eastern UP

Last Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 12:00

With encephalitis claiming three more lives during the past 24-hour, the death toll due to the disease has mounted to 334 in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

NCPCR summons UP`s Principal Health Secy over JE deaths

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 13:58

With encephalitis claiming lives of large number of children in Uttar Pradesh`s Gorakhpur district, the country`s child rights protection body has directed the state`s Principal Secretary Health to appear before it next month.

Five more die of encephalitis; toll climbs to 292

Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 15:52

Five more children died due to encephalitis, taking the death toll in the viral disease in eastern UP to 292 this year, health officials said.

Japanese Encephalitis vaccine launched in India

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 19:29

Austrian drug firm Intercell AG today said its Hyderabad-based partner Biological E Ltd has launched Jeev, a vaccine to protect children and adults from Japanese Encephalitis (JE), in India.