New research utilizing advanced brain imaging techniques reveals that SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce lasting changes in the ...

As the winter cold season arrived and high school volleyball season approached, a stuffy nose and a headache were annoyances ...

Researchers at AIIMS Bhopal have cautioned that parvovirus B19 (PVB19), a virus commonly encountered during childhood, can in ...

Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. In the premiere of HBO's big budget ...

The flu epidemic has had life-changing consequences for a Carrollton family. Desiree Buckingham-Ramirez says her 8-year-old son is battling a brain infection that doctors say was caused by the flu.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii , a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...

The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...