Encephalitis Stories
The same immune system culprit that causes swelling in the brain might also be a factor in schizophrenia, giving researchers a lead on how to treat the mental illness.
Throughout history, people have attributed scary looking and unfamiliar illnesses to dark forces, including witches and demons.
People are generally aware of the most common causes of hallucinations, like schizophrenia and a really high fever. But lesser known are the more rare causes; here are six you probably haven't heard about.
A 10-year-old boy may have become the first child to have nearly died due to the large amount of licorice in his diet.
A newly discovered avoidance mechanism illuminates a new target for physicians struggling to quell mosquito-borne viruses like the eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Seventeen-year-old Joseph Elone died from a rare, almost undetectable strain of encephalitis. Now, as his family mourns, they also want to raise awareness about the condition.