A few weeks after getting the MMR vaccine, Shaylee developed immune thrombocytopenia purpura, a disorder where platelets stop ...

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) is the most common cause of sporadic viral encephalitis in the U.S., and immediate treatment with IV acyclovir is critical. Without treatment, HSV encephalitis has a ...

In our weekly feature, 'Doc Talk', pediatric emergency doctor, Clint Pollack from Valley Children's Hospital talks about the recent outbreak of Measles and what parents can do to treat it. Doctor ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified central routes that two deadly viruses take to invade human cells and have designed decoy molecules that block the ...

Common complications of measles include ear infections and diarrhea, but more serious ones include pneumonia and encephalitis (brain inflammation). Infections in young children can be especially ...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — A measles case has been reported in Boundary County involving a child who is not yet school age, ...