Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction may include: Talk to your healthcare provider and your vaccine provider about your ...

A vaccine against meningococcal disease or any other disease works by generating an immune response in the body against some kind of pathogen—a virus, bacterium, or some other agent that causes ...

So the meningitis vaccine which protects against very serious illness, meningococcal meningitis is invasive disease and every year children and teenagers get seriously ill and even die from ...

Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be ...

According to Amy Phelps from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, the vaccine is intended to help prevent the spread of ...

When the meningitis vaccination programme was introduced across Britain in 1999 many parents breathed a sigh of relief. But as children prepare to head back to school, medics have a stark warning ...

Individuals who received a meningitis B vaccine were less likely to have contracted the sexually transmitted infection than their unvaccinated counterparts. In the mid-2000s, researchers in New ...

Serious diseases, including meningitis and pneumonia ... Children who have had a life-threatening allergic reaction to a previous PCV shot or to certain other vaccines shouldn't get the ...

A new vaccine designed to protect against meningitis, a highly contagious disease that could lead to disability and death, has been launched. The vaccine, Nimenrix, will be given as a single dose.

Men B is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in the UK and peaks in babies of around 5-6 months of age. The Men B vaccination is currently recommended by the NHS for babies at 8 weeks ...