August 05, 2019 4:25 am
New medical authority to replace MCI is welcome. But it will have to connect several dots, learn from past experiences.
July 27, 2019 5:42 am
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Friday remarked that there was also a shortage of ministers, MPs, water and even sunlight and the court could not be expected to address all these.
July 20, 2019 7:14 am
AES outbreak in Bihar can serve as a catalyst for a medical rapid response system
July 03, 2019 9:06 pm
In an affidavit filed on a plea seeking measures for containment of the disease, the Centre said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had visited Bihar on June 16, to review the situation in Muzaffarpur.
June 30, 2019 5:05 pm
Addressing a press conference in Patna, a day after he visited Muzaffarpur where 134 children have died since June 1, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief said, "our padayatra will have the theme, Nitish hatao, bhavishya bachao (oust Nitish from power, save the future of Bihar)."
June 24, 2019 6:56 am
The Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur has claimed the lives of over 130 children so far.
June 23, 2019 9:19 pm
The AES outbreak, which according to the state health department has affected about 20 out of the 40 districts in the state, and has afflicted more than 600 children since June 1.
June 19, 2019 11:38 am
A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant agreed to hear the plea on Monday, June 24 after the petitioner's counsel sought an urgent listing of the matter.
June 19, 2019 12:18 am
The death of children in Muzaffarpur due to AES, a preventable disease, shows that malnutrition needs to be addressed urgently.
June 25, 2019 11:51 am
While doctors have identified malnutrition and low sugar levels as a common thread among all AES patients, the state of the district’s Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres make the battle against AES doubly harder.




