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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn't been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

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 ...

A new study published in Science Advances describes a potential target for therapies aimed at treating anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, also known as ‘Brain on Fire,’ an ...

Bats identified as origin of unexplained acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert ...

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 ...

A person in South Carolina has died from eastern equine encephalitis, a rare virus spread by mosquitoes. Approximately 30% of people infected with the virus die, and there is no vaccine or specific ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The St. Louis encephalitis virus — which is similar to West Nile virus — has been detected in Utah's mosquitoes, the Salt Lake County Health Department announced on Wednesday. A ...

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 ...