Well, sadly, encephalitis lethargica wasn't the first neurological epidemic of its kind and—if we don't crack it—we won't be ...

It was called encephalitis lethargica and it affected over 5 million people worldwide, and then was almost forgotten. Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea 11 Facts ...

This was encephalitis lethargica, the “forgotten epidemic” described in Carlson's book. It has been estimated that it left about 500,000 people dead or disabled. Roughly one-third died acutely ...