A leading pharmacist is warning of the signs and symptoms of meningitis as a deadly outbreak has claimed two lives in Kent. The outbreak, believed to have affected mostly people aged 18 to 21, has ...

Between rampant myths about vaccine safety and competing guidelines for pediatric vaccines floating around on the web, it's easy to see why parents might be confused about what shots their kids need ...

Student James Thompson said he felt "paranoid" that he had the disease after news of the outbreak was announced A student who got up during the early hours of the morning to travel for hours to get ...

The decision by Health and Human Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to roll back recommendations for several childhood diseases, such as hepatitis A and B, ...

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 ...

The array of vaccines that have become widely available to help protect kids against meningitis in recent decades has shifted the epidemiology of the disease. Perhaps the most stark change is evident ...

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is primarily associated with serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y and is characterised by its sudden, unpredictable nature and devastating ...