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Encephalitis returns to haunt Bihar

The mosquito-borne disease, which claimed over hundred lives last year, has returned with three children dying in Muzaffarpur in the last 48 hours and about a dozen children admitted in the hospital for treatment, officials on Tuesday said.

Fear of epidemic looms over flood-hit Bihar

Encephalitis claims 25 children in 48 hours in Bihar

The death toll from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome touched 102 on Monday with 25 more children succumbing to the disease in the last 48 hours in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts, officials said.

Encephalitis strikes Bihar again, 9 children dead

Bihar's Muzaffarpur district has again been hit by encephalitis with 6 children dead in the last twenty-four hours. The death toll has risen to 9 and over two dozen children suspected to have contracted the illness have been admitted to different hospitals.

21 die in Bihar hooch tragedy; triggers political slugfest

Sale and consumption of alcohol was completely banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April, 2016.

Why Bihar under-reports Covid death toll

Covid deaths at home, on the way to hospital or in private centres are not being counted in Bihar's official list of dead.

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".