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Assam Grapples With Japanese Encephalitis, Death Toll Reaches 101

The Wire Staff 23/07/2019

Several districts from Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur...

Kozhikode: Relatives and hospital officals wear safety masks as they perform the last rites of V Moosa (61), a 'Nipah' virus victim, at Kannam Parambu graveyard, in Kozhikode, on Thursday. The death toll due to Nipah rose to 11 in Kerala. Moosa's sons Mohammed Saliah (28), Mohammed Sadiq (26) and a relative Mariumma had died earlier due to the deadly virus. Credits: (PTI Photo) (story no MDS2)(PTI5_24_2018_000148B)

India Seeks Australia’s Help to Combat Nipah Virus

Death toll rises to 12 in India, with no...

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...

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Delhi’s Chikungunya: Unpredicted Outbreak, Predictable Suspects

Mohuya Chaudhuri 29/09/2016

A large number of chikungunya cases have occurred due...

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From National Capital to Mosquito Metropolis, How Delhi Built Itself an Epidemic

Sribala Subramanian 20/10/2015

As India embarks on its biggest urban expansion yet,...

Just fumigating isn't going to be enough. Credit: IANS

Delhi’s Dengue Outbreak Signals a Breakdown of Common Civic Sensibilities

Mohuya Chaudhuri 25/09/2015

Notwithstanding an administrative failure, hospitals turning away patients for...