Meningitis can be a frightening diagnosis. Our expert guide breaks down the different types—bacterial, viral, and fungal—and ...

Out of 1,000 live births, about 0.1 to 0.4 neonates (a baby less than 28 days old) get meningitis, estimates a 2017 review.It’s a serious condition, but 90 percent of these babies survive.

Meningitis, a serious infection that inflames the brain and spinal cord membranes, can have severe complications in infants.

BACTERIAL meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges or brain coverings by bacterial organisms. Dr Anona Griffith, paediatrician at Gateway Plaza, Old Harbour, said that the condition is seri ...

Vaccines help prevent bacterial meningitis, though they are not 100 percent effective. While there are different strains of the infection, bacterial meningitis is the most serious form.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

The infant was later flown to Doernbecher and died from bacterial meningitis. An average of 4,100 cases of bacterial meningitis resulting in 500 deaths are reported every year, according to the ...

Meningococcal disease affects around 2,000 people in the United Kingdom and Ireland each year, according to the Meningitis Research Foundation, while in the U.S., the CDC says there were about 550 ...

Bacterial meningitis is serious and requires prompt medical treatment. The post Baby from central Israel hospitalized with meningitis appeared first on The Times of Israel .