Despite being vaccinated against shingles, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) developed encephalitis, a rare complication from her infection that can cause long-term nerve damage and cognitive ...

We found that almost half of the patients diagnosed with encephalitis lethargica might have had autoimmune encephalitis, though it didn't fit the pattern for any of the types we recognize today.

Encephalitis is a medical emergency. Learn the distinct, time-sensitive strategies for treating HSV, West Nile virus, and rabies infections.

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

A 6-year-old girl with a rare neurological disease underwent a 10-hour operation in which half of her brain was disconnected.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Report of a Case of Encephalitis Lethargica, with Markedly Chocked Discs in Which a Diagnosis of Brain Tumor Was Made; Ocular Changes ...

Encephalopathy happens when a change in your body or your brain affects how well you think. Learn the causes, symptoms, treatments and more.

Around the same time, cases of a new brain-attacking disease called encephalitis lethargica started to emerge, affecting up to one million people worldwide.

For instance, encephalitis lethargica and post-encephalitic parkinsonism emerged following the Spanish flu (influenza A H1N1) pandemic a hundred years ago.

From England was reported a sharp increase in the number of cases of the new sleeping sickness (Encephalitis lethargica). Every week of 1924 has revealed, for that matter, a relentless increase ...

However, encephalitis is a rare disease. The word encephalitis means swelling (often inflammation) of the brain. Early signs can include the sudden onset of headache, fever and frequent seizures.