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  Famed Japanese Manga Artist Fujiko Fujio A Dies At 88: Report

  Famed Japanese manga artist Fujiko Fujio A, known for beloved children's cartoons including "Ninja Hattori" and "Little Ghost Q-Taro", has died aged 88, local media reported on Thursday.

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  Bihar Child Deaths May Be Linked To Their Asbestos Homes, Says Study

  As Bihar awaits the detailed report on what exactly caused the outbreak of encephalitis that caused the death of over 150 children, a team of doctors who treated the children indicated that asbestos homes in which the children lived could be a factor.

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  3 Infants Die, 6 Fall Sick Hours After Vaccination In Jharkhand Village

  At least three infants died while six others fell sick after they were vaccinated at a government-run health centre in Jharkhand. The parents had brought their children to an Anganwadi Centre in Loenga village for vaccination against Japanese encephalitis, measles and DPT. But hours after they were administered the dose the village's Auxiliary Nurs...

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  10 More Children Die At Gorakhpur Hospital

  Ten more children died of various illnesses at the state-run BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur today, taking the number of those who have died to 1,351 this year. One of the 10 children suffered from acute encephalitis syndrome or AES, said Dr PK Singh, principal of the medical college.

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  Scientists Reveal That AES Deaths Are Being Caused By Scrub Typhus

  Over 500 AES deaths reported this year have been owed to AES or Japanese Encephalitis (JE). Scores of children who died in Gorakhpur are believed to be victims of JE.

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  7 Students, A Teacher Killed In Japan Avalanche

  An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more.

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  Japanese Encephalitis Toll In Odisha Mounts To 41

  Two health workers were suspended for alleged dereliction of duties as the toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) on Sunday climbed to 41 with two more children dying of the killer disease in Odisha's Malkangiri. While two children undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital in Bhubaneswar died of the disease, 20 more patients were a...

• Japanese Encephalitis Not the Cause of Death of Children in Bihar: Expert

  Over 100 children have died in Bihar this year due to a mysterious disease. So far, it was being claimed that the deaths were due to Japanese encephalitis, which has claimed several lives in the state and in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

• Encephalitis claims 111 lives in Bihar this year

  As many as 111 children have died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar this year till October, according to a report released by the National Vector Borne Disease Programme Directorate.

• 15 children die of encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, toll reaches 271 this year

  As many as 15 children have died to encephalitis in the past three days in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll in the region this year to 271, health officials said.

• Gorakhpur: Doctors call off strike after two days

  Doctors in the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, who had been boycotting work, after a junior doctor was assaulted by the relatives of a boy, have now called off their strike. The boy died soon after he was admitted on Tuesday. 150 doctors who were striking work had said they would only return to treat patients, once adequate security is deployed i...

• Uttar Pradesh: 685 crore for a park, 18 crore for encephalitis

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will inaugurate a Rs 685-crore park in Noida today with an impressive posse of 2500 policemen and about 40,000 BSP workers in attendance. From about 750 km away in the same state come some more sombre statistics: More than 400 children have died in and around Gorakhpur in eastern UP this year of the deadly Japa...