Mia Lucas was found dead at the Becton Centre at Sheffield Children's Hospital on 30 January 2024.

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

A little girl whose fight for her life captured the hearts of her entire South Tampa community is on the road to recovery.

Autoimmune encephalitis encompasses a group of inflammatory brain disorders in which the body's immune system aberrantly targets neuronal antigens. This disruption results in complex clinical ...

Dr. Sukhvir Wright at Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN), and honorary consultant neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH), has been awarded a £3.4m Career ...

What looks like the flu or a sudden mental health change could be far more serious. Six warning signs could help save a life.

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...

The 7th annual Bismarck Brain Walk is happening on Sunday, February 22nd. The event coincides with World Encephalitis Day and ...