Transverse myelitis is spinal cord inflammation causing damage to the covering of nerve cell fibers. It can occur by itself or as a symptom of an immune disease of the nervous system like MS ...

A safety panel of the European drug regulator on Friday recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

The NINDS says transverse myelitis usually occurs between the ages of 10 and 19 as well as 30 and 39. The disorder does not appear to be genetic or run in families and can affect people of any age ...

Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory lesion of the spinal cord with an incidence of 1 severe case and 8 mild cases per million per year, the authors note. The new recommendations are based on a ...