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.
- 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.