Source: WRAL, 1/7/17

Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is still recovering from a brain inflammation that led to her hospitalization last month.
A statement through a family spokeswoman says Hagan was diagnosed with encephalitis and is now in Chapel Hill after previously being in a Washington hospital. The statement includes Hagan's doctor saying the recovery could take months. Dr. William Powers says it's not definite what caused the infection, and that Hagan's type of encephalitis often originates from a virus. 

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