Based on the memoir of neurologist Oliver Sacks showcasing his treatment in the 1960s of the patients who had survived the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic, ‘Awakenings’ is a beautifully ...

The Department of Health issued an alert on Wednesday after Japanese encephalitis was found in two mosquito traps in Moira shire, north of Shepperton, by the state’s mosquito surveillance program.

Victoria's health department is urging people in the state's north to remain vigilant against mosquitoes, following recent detections of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV is a rare virus that ...

A global stockpile created by the WHO The study therefore confirms the protection provided by two doses of this vaccine, even during an epidemic, and the reduction in the incidence of the disease.

Williams plays Malcolm Sayer, a doctor at a New York hospital in 1960 who is treating patients who contracted encephalitis lethargica nearly three decades beforehand. Although their illness is far ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP)- India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that ...

While experimental seizures induced by chemoconvulsants or electrical stimulation transiently enhance neurogenesis, the effects of encephalitis and the resultant virus-induced seizures remain ...

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

As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief? Credit...Marcus Schaefer for The New York Times Supported by By Jennifer Kahn Jennifer Kahn is a ...

A surge in the deaths of women from police-reported intimate partner violence shows what experts say has become an “epidemic” in Canada. These cases come as Canada has seen a surge in intimate ...

Kentucky received more than it would have in broader settlement Kroger denies wrongdoing, calls claims of lacking safeguards false Opioid epidemic led to 727,000 U.S. deaths from 1999 to 2022 Jan ...

Japanese encephalitis (JEV) has been detected in mosquitoes around Moree in north-west NSW for the first time. Murray Valley encephalitis has also been found in chickens in the central west of the ...