Meningococcemia is a severe form of blood poisoning that affects the entire body. It is also called meningococcal septicemia. The hallmark sign of meningococcemia is a rash that does not fade under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - The University of Oregon is facing an outbreak of potentially deadly meningococcemia infections, with three students diagnosed with the condition in less than a month, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The emergency room of the University of the Philippines Health Service in Diliman, Quezon City was temporarily transferred to a different location after a patient died of ...

CEBU, Philippines - Meningococcemia is a bloodstream infection caused by a highly contagious bacterium that is spread from person to person via respiratory secretions. Initial symptoms include fever, ...

JACLYN thought her 5-year-old daughter, Gina, just had flu when she accompanied her to sleep. She was wrong. Gina was much sicker the following day. She went from being fussy to unnaturally quiet, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. When it comes to meningococcemia, it's better to be safe than sorry. Although the disease is not highly contagious, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 169 cases of meningococcemia so far this year, a four-percent increase from ...

The Pateros health department confirmed on Tuesday that a resident had contracted meningococcemia even as it played down fears of an outbreak of the rare disease in the municipality. In an earlier ...

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 ...