While up-to-date vaccines are the best front-line defence, Australian authorities suggested a range of precautions to avoid ...

Encephalitis is a medical emergency that inflames the brain and can turn life-threatening within hours. Experts explain its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, ...

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can be caused by infections or autoimmune reactions. Even when patients survive the acute phase, many are left with long-lasting neurological problems ...

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 ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide testing of products and ...

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.

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 ...