Nodding disease seems to only affect children between 1 to 19 years, with the worst affected at ages 3 to 11, based on anecdotal evidence gathered by health workers.

Omac and Kibwota suffer from nodding syndrome, a neurological disease for which the cause has not yet been conclusively identified. In northern Uganda, a region fraught by years of civil war, ...

Nodding syndrome is usually described as a debilitating neurological disease that almost exclusively manifests in children and young adults (ages 3 to 15).But while it leads to severe symptoms ...

If nodding syndrome has a dietary cause, then uncovering it could have a significant global impact, as the disease’s strange twin has already shown; since the discovery that BMAA could be ...

Emerged in Sudan in the 1980s, the nodding disease has largely confounded researchers, despite extensive investigations done so far. Most of the fatalities attributed to the disease are the result of ...

Nodding disease has emerged as a significant public health crisis in northern Uganda, particularly in Omoro District. Despite various interventions, the disease continues to devastate families ...

More than 3,000 children in northern Uganda are suffering from a debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease, which has touched almost every family in the village of Tumangu.

Nodding disease seems to only affect children between 1 to 19 years, with the worst affected at ages 3 to 11, based on anecdotal evidence gathered by health workers.

More than 3,000 children in Northern Uganda have been struck by the mysterious Nodding Disease that shatters lives and has doctors puzzled. CNN values your feedback 1.