When Nebraska woman Alex Simpson was just two months old, she was diagnosed with a rare congenital brain condition that meant ...

Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres ...

René van den Berg of Ontario, Canada, was hospitalized for 11 days after contracting West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne ...

Although the meningitis rash doesn't always appear and can vary greatly in appearance, it is one of the most recognisable signs of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia. UKHSA says "do not wait" ...

A new study offers hope for brain cancer patients facing memory loss from radiotherapy. By blocking a single immune receptor, scientists preserved cognition in mice without dulling the cancer-killing ...

Are they protecting the brain or fueling disease? Mapping and analyzing the so-called ectopic lymphoid structures (ELSs) in the meninges at different ages in preclinical models of neurodegenerative ...

The dynamics of meningeal adaptive immunity, a crucial gateway to the brain, remain unclear. Here, we provide a comprehensive mapping of dural ectopic lymphoid structures (ELS), which exhibit age-, ...

Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It has three main causes: bacterial, viral, and fungal, each requiring a different treatment approach.

Researchers found that psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA may reduce fear by resetting brain-immune interactions, offering promising new avenues for treating depression and inflammatory diseases.