May 23, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

May 23, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Litchi

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It is safe to eat litchi fruit: Jacob John

Following the death of over 100 children in Muzaffarpur and a few more districts in Bihar due to hypoglycaemic encephalopathy,

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Explained: How litchi toxin is causing deaths in undernourished children in Muzaffarpur

Explained: How hypoglycaemic encephalopathy, which has caused most of the deaths in children in Muzaffarpur, is very different from encephalitis.

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Litchi toxin kills over 100 children in Muzaffarpur

The death of over 100 children in about a month in Muzaffarpur district of north Bihar due to low blood

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Waking up to MCPG toxin’s role in causing litchi mystery disease

There is evidence that as late as March 2014, Delhi’s National Centre for Disease Control, India (NCDC) and Centres for

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Lancet gets in touch with Current Science authors on litchi disease ethics issue

In response to an article I wrote on February 3 about Dr. Jacob John raising ethics issues about the way the authors

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Litchi: Controversy erupts over Muzaffarpur mystery disease study

The scientist who investigated the mystery disease that proved fatal for many 15-year old children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar at the

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Toxins in litchi kill children in Bihar

Unexplained illness in children aged 15 years and younger in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, which claims many lives during an outbreak

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