We’ve gotten used to thinking about dementia risk in terms of long-standing habits, shaped by how we eat, move, sleep, and, to some extent, our genetics. Things like infections rarely make that list.

A man with advanced HIV died with drug-resistant mpox replicating in his brain, US scientists found, in a case that shows how ...

AIDS were identified in the US. In the early years, an AIDS diagnosis was almost always a devastating death sentence. But ...

A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after officials announced that he had been infected. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, the Missouri Department of Health ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Two children have died this week ...

One of the main proteins that contributes to Alzheimer's disease is called phospho-tau (p-tau). When p-tau gets too many phosphate groups attached to it (a process called hyperphosphorylation), it ...

Concerns over the Zika virus have focused on pregnant women due to mounting evidence that it causes brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. However, new research in mice from scientists at The ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed a rare case of brain infection linked to Lake of the Ozarks. The case involves an ...

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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of five-year-old Jude Platts thought he had a stomach bug when he started vomiting around Christmas 2025 They rushed ...

The case also shows mutations linked to resistance to tecovirimat, a drug used against mpox. Read more at straitstimes.com.