Chicago health officials issue urgent alert after seven meningococcal disease cases, including two deaths. Know the symptoms ...

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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Kevin Michael said the meningococcal disease can cause meningitis or a severe blood infection. “It can occur in two forms,” Dr. Michaels said.

Viral is the most common, but other types are more dangerous ...

People often confuse meningococcal disease and meningitis, but they are not the same condition. While they share similar symptoms and treatments, they can have different causes. Both conditions may be ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

In the last two weeks, Chicago has had two deaths and at least seven cases of meningococcal disease in adults — a higher ...

This year, almost 150 people in the United States have fallen ill with meningococcal disease caused by a rare bacteria. Some have died. Meningococcal disease can lead to meningitis, which is a ...

Phoebe Williams receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Future Fund. She is a paediatric infectious diseases consultant, who leads the immunisation ...

HOUSTON — Houston ISD and the city's health department are investigating a serious and potentially deadly health concern at Bonham Elementary School. The school district told KHOU 11 News that a ...

Any infection caused by the Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) bacteria is called meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is very serious. It can lead to limb amputations, hearing loss, ...