THE herpes simplex virus type 1 is best known as the villain behind the dreaded cold sore. When it’s not triggering eruptions ...

Is it worth solving a pandemic where the last survivor died two decades ago? Well, sadly, encephalitis lethargica wasn't the ...

The country typically sees a spike in mycoplasma pneumonia every five years, but the severity of the current outbreak is worrying experts ...

Between 1915 and 1926 there was an epidemic that swept across the world. It was called encephalitis lethargica, more often ...

"People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film Awakenings after being revived ...

The Gujarat government proposes to establish a Centre for Epidemic Control and Research to predict and manage outbreaks of ...

People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film Awakenings after being revived ...

“People have forgotten what life is all about,” Robert De Niro’s character says in the film Awakenings after being revived ...

As the planet warms and disease-carrying animals like mosquitos follow their ideal temperatures northward and into higher altitudes, they may bring diseases such as West Nile virus to areas where they ...

As a result, the virus is the leading cause of epidemic encephalitis in the U.S. Unfortunately, autumn’s arrival hasn’t put a quick stop to the spread of this illness, which is transmitted by ...

By 1931, the virus that caused the epidemic had inexplicably died out, apparently completely. Many of the epidemic’s victims who were mildly infected suffered delayed nerve damage, the two ...