Warning as brain-swelling ‘pink spot’ disease hits record high in UK – as Victorian bug becomes ‘immune to drugs’

A DISEASE that notoriously claimed the life of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert — and may, more recently, have put The ...

4-year-old Massachusetts girl recovering from rare illness linked to flu that causes brain swelling

An Ashland, Massachusetts family is warning others to take the flu seriously, after their 4-year-old daughter almost died.

Brain swelling Victorian disease making horror UK comeback – and it's resistant to drugs

A brain-swelling disease is making a comeback, with new strains proving resistant to antibiotics. Drug-resistant typhoid has ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Opening patient’s skull after severe head injury decreases risk of death from brain swelling

After traumatic brain injury, craniectomy — a neurosurgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed — provides patients with better protection from death related to swelling of the brain than ...
KTRE

Boy, 5, dies after spiking high fever with seizure causing severe brain swelling, mother says

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVLY/Gray News) - A Minnesota boy who suffered swelling and damage to his brain after spiking a fever of nearly 106 degrees has died. According to his mother, Zaydan came down with ...
East Bay Times

Researchers across country warn of uptick in deadly flu complication affecting young children

A new study warns that cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) – which causes severe brain swelling – are increasing. The paper, authored by 61 researchers from institutions across the country ...
Daily Mail

I had a seizure and my brain swelled after a virus infecting 50 million Americans triggered dangerous reaction

A young woman was left suffering from a seizure and brain swelling after being infected with a common virus carried by 50million Americans. The 30-year-old was otherwise healthy when she suddenly lost ...