In 2004, Amy Proal got an infection that changed her life. “I was in my pre-med, last year of college, and totally tanked,” she says. “No one could tell me what it was, everybody said my blood work was fine — sent to a psychiatrist, the usual story.” She started reading papers from her sickbed
A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities said 209 flights were suspended after ash from Mount Anak Krakatoa was detected in airspace near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday morning. The volcano had started erupting late on Friday night, generating continuous seismic
The Epstein-Barr virus activates specific T cells in the immune system, causing an attack on nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Scientific Photo Library For years, a common virus has been implicated in the development of multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks nerve cells in the brain
