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That slight fever and headache your child woke up with? Most of the time, it’s nothing serious. But sometimes, those seemingly innocent symptoms can be the first whispers of something far more ...

Teens are vulnerable to meningococcal meningitis, an unpredictable disease that can strike without warning and lead to ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis. Though rare, meningococcal disease -- caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis-- remains ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a study of Danish children suggest that hearing loss greatly increases the risk of meningitis. Therefore, parents of children with hearing loss should ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC warned of a sharp increase in cases of meningococcal disease in the U.S. More than 500 cases of this serious infection marked by inflammation of the ...

STORY DEVELOPS. WELL, SOME CHILDREN ACROSS OUR AREA ARE GETTING VERY SICK, EVEN DYING FROM MENINGITIS. IT HAS A GROWING NUMBER OF PARENTS CONCERNED. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE WITH MORE ON HOW THIS IS ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The day before New Year’s Eve, the Anderses took their ailing toddler to the Ramstein base medical clinic. It was Jordan and Jason Anders’ third visit in four days to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rise in illnesses caused by a bacterial infection among children in Minnesota, including a fatal case of meningitis, may stem from a shortage of vaccine for the HiB bacteria, ...

Giving a booster of a new meningitis B vaccine at 40 months of age to children who received it at 2, 4, 6, and 12 months appears to overcome waning immunity that is common with meningitis vaccines, ...

There are very few diseases that truly terrify doctors. Meningitis is one of them. It is fast. It is unpredictable. And if you miss it, even briefly, the consequences can be catastrophic. As a ...