Japanese encephalitis

The Aedes aegypti, mosquito, spreads dengue and chikungunya. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Vector-Borne Diseases Have Claimed 1,010 Lives So Far: Government

A total of 632 people died due to influenza...

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Scrub Typhus – a Re-Emerging Disease India Can No Longer Afford to Ignore

Anurag Bhargava 14/06/2017

There is a need for greater awareness of the...

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In Gorakhpur’s Election, No Talk of Broken Healthcare and Deadly Diseases

Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta 03/03/2017

Despite the visibly painful effects of Japanese encephalitis and...

Malkangiri Child Deaths: Disease or Malnourishment – or Both?

Basudev Mahapatra 25/12/2016

In Malkangiri district of Odisha, villagers and civil societies...

Ticks being picked off (the person in this image is not P.K. Rajagopalan). Credit: P.K. Rajagopalan

The Seven-Decade Transnational Hunt for the Origins of the Kyasanur Forest Disease

Nithyanand Rao 19/11/2016

Zeroing in on the genesis of this strange disease...

A schoolboy rows his boat past partially submerged huts in a flooded paddy field after heavy rains in Balimukh village

Climate Change Linked to Surge in Japanese Encephalitis in Northeast India

Azera Parveen Rahman 14/10/2016

Doctors and health experts say the rise in the...