January 31, 2012 — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued recommendations geared toward controlling an outbreak of nodding syndrome in South Sudan. The permanent neurologic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 240 patients with nodding syndrome given doxycycline or placebo. Doxycycline may help reduce ...

KITGUM, Uganda - Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the ...

A new study suggests that a course of the drug doxycycline can decrease acute seizure-related hospitalization and deaths related to nodding syndrome. Image Credit: Liverpool School of Tropical ...

On Monday, World Health Organization officials and scientists will gather in Uganda to discuss a mysterious affliction, called “nodding disease,” that is affecting almost 3,000 children in the African ...

A 75-year-old man presented with chronic exploding head syndrome, experiencing lightning-like sensations, thunder-like sounds, sleep paralysis, and intense fear during sleep onset. The symptoms, ...

Leaders say some victims cannot remember who sexually attacked them since the disease affects their memory The growing cases of sexual abuse against young girls with Nodding Syndrome have pushed ...