Acute flaccid paralysis in children is a medical emergency that can progress to respiratory failure within hours or days, noted Marie-Claire de Wit, MD, PhD, and Bart Jacobs, MD, PhD, both of the ...

A study published in July 2025 issue of Journal of Neurology explored how genetic variability in the FCGR2/3 locus, which encodes low-to-medium-affinity Fc-gamma receptors (FcγRs), may contribute to ...

Doctors and genetic researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that changes in a gene leads to severe nerve damage in children following a mild bout of infection.

The family of a man who was paralysed at the age of two after catching the flu have expressed their “hope” as scientists have ...

Timothy Bingham was paralysed at the age of two after contracting a flu-like illness and has been in a wheelchair since, but ...

However, the Commission on Human Medicines still advises that “the benefits of vaccination against RSV outweigh the small risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome in older adults”. GP reveals unique ...

Scientists have discovered a faulty gene which may have caused a man to be paralysed as a toddler after catching the flu.

The family of a man who was paralysed at the age of two after catching the flu have expressed their “hope” as scientists have ...

The family of a man who was paralysed at the age of two after catching the flu have expressed their “hope” as scientists have ...

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