CDC probes brain infections in southern Nevada children.

The CDC is investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in children in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, and doctors from other parts of the country say they may be seeing a rise in cases, too. In 2022, the number of brain abscesses in kids tripled in Nevada, rising from an average of four to five a year to 18. Pediatric neurosurgeons like Dr. Taryn Bragg, who treated the cases, are rare. She is the only one for the entire state of Nevada, and because she treated all the cases, she was the first to notice the pattern and to alert local public health officials.