According to Live Science, a woman's viral infection led to acquired prosopagnosia—an inability to recognize faces. After the infection, she could no longer identify her own father and struggled to retain facial details in memory. Doctors are investigating this case as a rare neurological complication of viral illness, expanding our understanding of how these infections can unexpectedly affect the brain.

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