Tuesday is World Encephalitis Awareness Day, and a Marylander is sharing her traumatic journey with the neurological condition in order to spread awareness.Inside her Ellicott City home, Aleena Ahmed ...

NEW YORK (WPIX) — Half a million people each year will contract a brain-swelling emergency, and nearly half of them won’t survive. The potentially deadly affliction can be brought on by factors ...

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A woman who stopped being able to recognise her family or herself after contracting a cold sore, has been told she is suffering "the UK’s worst case of face blindness". Hannah Read, 22, suffered ...

Encephalitis affects nearly 500,000 people of all ages worldwide each year, according to the Encephalitis Society, with young children and older adults most vulnerable. Other risk factors include ...

A case of encephalitis arising from a shingles outbreak, medically known as varicella zoster virus, or VZV, encephalitis, is “extremely rare,” according to Dr. Avindra Nath, clinical director of the ...

"Having brain swelling that was not even a thought that crossed my mind," she said, reflecting on her experience with COVID-19. When Shelby Ponder became sick over the summer with COVID-19 she felt ...

Encephalitis and meningitis are both conditions that affect your brain. Both can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, or parasites. They’re also both considered serious and need to be treated right ...