In Vietnam, the dominant meningococcal serogroups vary over time, making epidemiological assessments and subsequent ...

Communicable disease experts are advocating for steps to be taken to protect university students against meningococcal ...

The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has said it is "monitoring the situation closely" after two students at the University of Brighton were taken to hospital with meningitis. The government ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis.

According to the UKHSA, early symptoms – such as vomiting, fever, aches, muscle pain, cold hands and feet and headaches – can ...

For pediatric patients with meningitis, course of treatment and overall prognosis are dependent on its cause. In cases of bacterial meningitis, treatment with antibiotics must start as soon as ...

Kristy Appleton fell sick with meningococcal B on the day she returned home from competing on the world stage in waterskiing. (Supplied) If Kristy Appleton was born a year later, she would have ...

SA Health has issued a critical warning as a baby battles the state's 13th case of meningococcal, prompting an emergency response to prevent further spread. SA Health confirmed on Monday that the boy, ...

Ryan Duffy was 18 when he contracted Streptococcus Pneumoniae Meningitis. A Pennsylvania high school student died from bacterial meningitis, according to the local school district. Ryan Duffy, 18, a ...

A rapid blood test to help diagnose life-threatening conditions in children – such as sepsis or meningitis – is being trialled in the NHS. The 15-minute blood test can fast-track diagnosis by telling ...