A former Coventry High School student and Portage Lakes resident who made local headlines 32 years ago when she lost her legs from the knee down to meningitis will return to the Akron area on Monday ...

Tens of thousands of pounds have been raised for the family of a baby girl who contracted ‘the worst case of meningitis in decades’. Little Kia Gett has had all four of her limbs amputated during her ...

Nearly 2,000 Princeton University students lined up for shots Monday as the New Jersey school began offering an emergency vaccine aimed at halting an outbreak of potentially deadly meningitis that has ...

McGarry, 23, thought she’d “sleep it off” — but it was meningitis, which quickly spiraled into a severe infection that caused two cardiac arrests and the life-threatening infection sepsis The ...

U.K. schoolgirl Brogan-Lei Partridge, nine, has lost both feet after developing meningitis following her parents' wedding back in 2016, her family reported on a fundraising page. Joy became despair ...

Sending baby Kia and her family love and support during this heartbreakingly difficult time. A little girl is currently fighting for her life in hospital with what doctors are deeming to be the worst ...

Two enzymes in meningitis bacteria which prevent the body from successfully fighting off the disease, and make the infection extremely virulent, have been identified in new research published today.

The recent outbreak of meningococcal bacterial meningitis in Leon County brings the importance of vaccines into sharp focus. And unfortunately, this outbreak extends statewide. Already this year, the ...

School officials on Long Island are warning parents about a serious health scare. A student at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, the school ...