On World Encephalitis Day, experts urge early recognition and timely treatment to prevent lifelong disability or death ...

Sophie Ella contracted encephalitis, inflammation of the brain, at the beginning of the covid pandemic, which resulted in a four-month hospital stay ...

What does it say when a national insurer chooses to follow the science before being forced to by law? This year, Aetna updated its coverage policy to recognize Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric ...

Experts urge India to adopt a comprehensive vaccination strategy for shingles, highlighting its underestimated health burden ...

The EU is attempting to equalise access to medicines with the biggest reform of the bloc's medicine laws in 20 years. But Europeans are unlikely to feel the tangible effects of the Pharmaceutical ...

Frequent dry eyes may signal more than simple irritation and could be an early warning sign of an autoimmune disease. This ...

Scientists have zeroed in on a critical weak spot behind a rare but devastating brain autoimmune disorder often known as ...

Dry eye disease affects many people across different autoimmune diseases, ranging in prevalence from about 23% to 81%, and appears about 3 years before diagnosis, a study finds.

Liver enzymes help break down food and turn it into energy and nutritional elements, among other things. Elevated levels ...

An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune disease, yet it remains largely understudied. New research from scientists ...

For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now they look inevitable.

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...