On World Encephalitis Day, experts urge early recognition and timely treatment to prevent lifelong disability or death ...

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Encephalitis is a potentially life-threatening condition that involves inflammation of the brain. While some cases of encephalitis are caused by a bacterial or viral infection, other cases of ...

A straightforward case of measles is nasty—but the disease’s complications are even worse. One of those complications has been confirmed in the ongoing, record-breaking measles outbreak in South ...

A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for encephalitis (brain inflammation), caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) does not ...