Cryptococcal meningitis is a potentially deadly infection of the protective lining of the brain and spinal cord (the meninges ...

New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) indicates significant progress in combating meningitis caused by meningococcal group C (MenC), with cases falling by 99% since the introduction ...

Although vaccinations are highly effective against one strain of the disease - meningitis C -the more common B strain is left untouched by the jabs. Research is underway into a vaccine for ...

Here are answers to some key questions people have about meningitis. Can you catch it at any age? Yes, but your chances of getting it are higher when you're a baby or a young child, college-age ...

C, W, X, Y and Z. These bacteria are also types that can cause sepsis (blood poisoning), and so sepsis can follow an initial bacterial meningitis infection as they spread further around the body.

As a baby, Helen had been vaccinated for meningitis C, but unfortunately in 2001 there was no vaccine to protect against meningitis B. "I didn't understand that there were other strains of ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a known cause of meningoencephalitis, typically in immunocompromised inpatients. We report a ...

A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

But a week after getting her dream job as a coach, the Napier teen died of meningitis. Almost one year on, her mother Carol ...

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old boy died of meningococcal meningitis disease in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Friday, according to the country's National Center for ...

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, has taken over the responsibility for administering the meningitis vaccine for Bangladeshis travelling abroad. The DGHS says it will fix ...

Residents in Western Australia have been warned about a rare infection which can result in death as a heatwave engulfs large ...