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

When bacterial meningitis leads to sepsis (a blood infection), also known as meningococcal septicemia or meningococcemia, it can cause a meningitis rash on the skin. A meningitis rash typically ...

Professor Sue Astley Theodossiadis has published the final messages and calls sent and made by her 25-year-old son Alex who ...

The death of a young man to bacterial meningitis has resulted in the launch and eventual rollout of a teaching resource in a ...

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, has taken over the responsibility for administering the meningitis ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infection ... get into a more comfortable position and that's when I noticed the rash on her legs and stomach. 'They looked like chicken pox or insect ...

Measles is a "highly contagious" virus that causes rash, cough and high fever ... when students are required to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

The rash itself doesn't need treatment ... Getting vaccinated (immunized) to prevent certain types of bacterial meningitis. Avoiding mosquitoes and ticks by wearing long pants and long-sleeve ...

The rash usually begins on the face and ... to be between 0.1 percent and 10 percent. Secondary bacterial infection in the skin, pneumonia, vision loss, infections, encephalitis and meningitis are ...