Public health triumphs like this don't come along every day. An array of public and private health groups is launching a cheap new vaccine against bacterial meningitis the first ever designed for ...

Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African 'meningitis belt' countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to celebrate one of Africa's biggest public health achievements -- the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A phase 3 trial found that a new meningococcal disease vaccine is ...

It is a deadly disease linked to high temperatures, airborne dust, and overcrowded living conditions – some of the very conditions that climate change threatens to exacerbate . It caused an estimated ...

Each year, millions are at risk of outbreaks of meningitis that sweep across 26 countries, known as the ‘meningitis belt.’ The bacterial disease infected a record 250,000 people – and caused 25,000 ...

Health officials say they will begin the roll out of a new meningitis vaccine for sub-Saharan Africa on 6 December. The vaccine, which has been developed in India, costs less than fifty US cents a ...

A meningitis outbreak has killed 489 people in Nigeria this year, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The country’s Center for Disease Control reported 4,637 suspected cases. Meningitis is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A pentavalent vaccine against meningitis continued to show promise in a phase 3 trial in Africa’s meningitis ...

THE current outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, CSM, in Nigeria is repetition of series of outbreaks mostly affecting States in the upper parts of the country which fall within the African ...

Each year, millions are at risk of outbreaks of meningitis that sweep across 26 countries, known as the ‘meningitis belt.’ The bacterial disease infected a record 250,000 people – and caused 25,000 ...

Health officials say they will begin the roll out of a new meningitis vaccine for sub-Saharan Africa on 6 December. The vaccine, which has been developed in India, costs less than fifty US cents a ...