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 ...

A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for encephalitis (brain inflammation), caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) does not ...

NSW Health said JE is a rare but serious illness spread by mosquitos and can cause severe neurological illness with symptoms including headache, confusion, convulsions and reduced consciousness. The ...

The findings mark the first documented detection of bat-origin orthoreovirus—a kind of double-stranded RNA virus—in human cases of acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh. The study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roughly 30% of hospital admissions for encephalitis required repeat lumbar punctures. Diagnostic uncertainty is ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the first human fatality from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in the state in over 20 years. The EEE virus is ...

Larimer County health officials have discovered St. Louis encephalitis virus in an isolated pool of tested mosquitoes found in northeast Fort Collins, the first time such a discovery has been made in ...

The Lubbock Public Health Department on Tuesday announced that St. Louis Encephalitis virus has been confirmed in mosquitos in Lubbock and offered tips to avoid exposure. West Nile Virus continues to ...

Japanese encephalitis virus continues to spread in Australia. It has been detected in the country’s mosquito and arbovirus surveillance programs, as well as in feral pigs and commercial piggeries in ...

Encephalitis is a potentially life-threatening condition that involves inflammation of the brain. While some cases of encephalitis are caused by a bacterial or viral infection, other cases of ...

State officials have confirmed the deaths of two horses caused by Eastern equine encephalitis in South Carolina (EEE). The cases are the first of the 2025 season, affecting a five-year-old ...