The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina is causing serious, even life-threatening, health issues for some unfortunate children. This week, the South Carolina Department of Public Health issued ...

The outgoing outbreak has mostly sickened unvaccinated children, officials say Getty Nineteen people are hospitalized in South Carolina for measles complications, state epidemiologist Linda Bell said ...

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 ...

A man grabs pork tacos from an illegal food truck and feels fine—until strange symptoms start appearing. This real case explains how a foodborne infection can travel beyond the stomach and impact the ...

1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCE) is a synthetic halogenated hydrocarbon widely used in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production and as an industrial solvent. Prolonged or high-level exposure to 1,2-DCE can ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the brain from cancer elsewhere). They can also ...

An Ashland, Massachusetts family is warning others to take the flu seriously, after their 4-year-old daughter almost died. Back in December, Caitlin Lyons' 4-year-old daughter Althea woke her up in ...

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ages—9, 32, 66 and 83—when the pattern of connections inside our brains shift.

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network breakdown—offering a new roadmap for how our brains evolve. Colored diffusion ...