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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain ...

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 ...

Clinicians should be alert for invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease in at-risk populations and those with unusual symptoms amid the highest annual number of cases reported since 2014, according ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Health officials are investigating a suspected case involving meningococcal disease that was reportedly ...

The death of a college student after contracting meningitis has brought renewed attention to the infection and how it can ...

Meningococcal disease often makes headlines when cases spike or it claims a life. On Saturday, Lloyd Dunham died while on holiday in Tasmania after contracting the W strain of the disease. So what is ...

The government will fund a $9 million program to vaccinate students against meningococcal B from January 1 next year.

Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia, with about 1.2 million cases of infection and 135,000 deaths globally each year. Because death can ...

Monroe County health officials said someone at Bloomington High School South has a suspected case of meningococcal disease, a ...

The Monroe County Health Department is following up on a suspected case of meningococcal disease that occurred at Bloomington ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world gather in one location, Makkah, to perform their religious duties during the Hajj ...