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

The fungus behind a spate of deadly meningitis cases last year linked to medical clinics in Mexico was found to have aggressively attacked the base of patients’ brains, researchers said ...

As of Wednesday, 247 cases of fungal meningitis and 19 deaths have been linked to the company’s steroids nationally; Minnesota alone has seven confirmed cases and no deaths. But nearly 1,000 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- For the roughly 150,000 patients with AIDS who come down with a life-threatening infection called fungal meningitis each year, there aren’t many options. In many parts of the world ...

A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

If not treated early, this culprit can be dangerous. Infectious meningitis can take many forms-- viral, fungal, and bacterial, which can be the deadliest. But how does it make its attack on your ...