A rare neurological disorder which shows symptoms like an unsteady, trembling gait, myoclonus (brief, shock-like muscle spasms) and opsoclonus (irregular, rapid eye movements) is known as opsoclonus ...

Portland, Ore. -- An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according ...

The first thought most people likely have when they step on a dirty nail in rotting wood or slice open their hand on scrap metal is a string of colorful expletives as searing pain shoots through their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Hello tetanus, my old friend. Didn't Darla Shine tweet that ...

An unvaccinated Oregon boy almost died from tetanus, the first case of the bacterial infection in the state in 30 years. The 6-year-old's harrowing illness and painful, two-month treatment — which ...

TWO children with opsoclonus and occult neuroblastoma were seen on the Pediatric Neurology Service of Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center. A report of opsoclonus in association with occult ...

The child sustained a cut on his forehead while playing outside on a farm. An unvaccinated 6-year-old boy in Oregon spent 57 days in a hospital, including 47 days in the intensive care unit, and ...

A young boy in Oregon spent 47 days in an intensive care unit (ICU), resulting in more than $800,000 in medical costs, because he was not vaccinated against tetanus, according to a case study ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to conserve shots of a kind of tetanus vaccine, as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year. Doctors should ...

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare neuroimmunological disorder in children and adults. Symptoms include rapid multidirectional conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonus, tremors, ...

To the Editor: The relation between opsoclonus and occult neuroblastoma (N.E.J.M. 279:475, 1968) is a most fascinating one and one that may not be quite so coincidental. After reading the aforenoted ...