Shingles, the infection that sent Sen. Dianne Feinstein to the hospital in February, affects a third of Americans. But the related complications the 89-year-old senator faced - encephalitis and Ramsay ...

Encephalitis is a disease referring to the inflammation or swelling of the brain. Broadly, it can happen because of infections, including viral infections, or the immune system acting up. That’s why ...

A 41-year-old man in Hampstead, New Hampshire, has died as a result of a rare, mosquito-borne virus while another man in his 80s in Worcester County, Massachusetts, has been hospitalized. Nearly a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Ever since I had my son, I tend to worry whenever he gets ill, so I try to educate myself on different viruses and autoimmune disorders. I recently came across encephalitis. What is ...

As summer approaches in Australia, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus has emerged, raising alarms among health authorities. For the first time this season, the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) ...

Eastern equine encephalitis is an uncommon but grave mosquito-borne illness which can cause severe brain infections. While rare, health officials say the illness is serious and can have long-term ...

Have you ever found yourself searching for a word you should know, forgetting what you were just doing, or feeling mentally ...

So we need mosquitoes. Two different types mosquitoes, brigade birds, and we need the right weather conditions and water conditions for it to mosquitoes to thrive. So every three years, those line up ...

One person in Massachusetts has died this year from the disease. A rare, potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted illness called Eastern equine encephalitis has been reported in at least three states.

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 ...

The Japanese encephalitis virus is a rare but serious infection that affects the central nervous system, primarily transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Recently, 60 local government ...

A 12-year-old girl who died at a children's unit after being detained under the Mental Health Act was suffering from a ...