Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson sparked fierce debate after an involuntary outburst of offensive language at the BAFTAs as a result of coprolalia, a rare, misunderstood symptom of Tourette syndrom ...

A straightforward case of measles is nasty—but the disease’s complications are even worse. One of those complications has been confirmed in the ongoing, record-breaking measles outbreak in South ...

Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of the disease called encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, state epidemiologist Linda ...

South Carolina health officials are warning of "irreversible" neurological damage in children as measles-related hospitalizations climb in the state. Of the 876 confirmed cases in the state’s upstate ...

Slight differences in clinical features can help physicians distinguish between two rare but similar forms of autoimmune brain inflammation in children, a new study suggests. The findings could ...