Over 50 Children in India Die of Brain Disease Linked to Lychee Toxins: Reports

Over 50 Children in India Die of Brain Disease Linked to Lychee Toxins: Reports
An Indian fruit seller pours water over lychees at a roadside cart in Allahabad on May 29, 2010. Dpitendu DuttaAFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Dozens of children in one Indian state are reported to have died in the last two weeks from a little-understood brain disease linked to eating lychee fruits on an empty stomach.

The death toll of children who have died from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has been rising in the Bihar state, with First Post reporting on June 13 that authorities had reported over 50 deaths in children since January.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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