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

Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Kevin Michael said the meningococcal disease can cause meningitis or a severe blood ...

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

Approximately 1,300 Ohio State students might have been exposed to meningitis after a student tested positive for meningococcal disease last week. Kelli Newman, director of public affairs and ...

Symptoms of meningococcal bloodstream infection may include fever and chills, fatigue, vomiting, cold hands and feet, severe aches and pains, rapid breathing, diarrhea, or, in later stages ...

There has been a discovery of a deadly bacterial infection in Alabama and it's caused an Alabama health department to warn the public.

A three-year-old boy died of meningococcal meningitis disease in Ulan Bator the capital of Mongolia on Friday according to the country National Cen ...

Fewer than one in 50 victims of meningococcal meningitis will die, but survivors are often left deaf or with permanent brain damage. The other type of infection is much more deadly, killing ...

Petechiae with a fever in adults or children can be a sign of a serious, potentially deadly infection such as meningococcal disease. Go to the ER. This disease can progress very rapidly and ...

Ohio State is offering any students who were potentially exposed a single dose of the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin at the Wilce ...

MCC vaccination has had important consequences for meningococcal population biology, and carriage studies were essential in measuring these effects. The potential for herd immunity should be taken ...

Concern after the death of the 20-year-old student in Patras - The risk of contracting meningococcal disease is increased ...