Indeed, bacterial meningitis "has a fatality rate of about one in six and causes long-term complications in one in five survivors," says Dr. Jason Nagata, a pediatrician at UCSF Benioff Children ...

Five students of a private school at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district of Kerala have sought medical treatment after showing ...

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (KGTV) – Loved ones are grieving the loss of 11-year-old Nicole Grande, who died after a battle with ...

Meningitis — inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord — can result from different causes ... and proper fluid intake. Bacterial meningitis is relatively rare ...

It causes the tissues covering your brain and spinal cord to become inflamed. Aseptic meningitis is more common than bacterial meningitis, but its symptoms are usually less severe. As it is often ...

Bacterial meningitis causes approximately 170,000 deaths worldwide each year, according to the WHO. "MenB disease is a major cause of meningitis and septicemia in children, and its ability to ...

Both of these outbreaks occurred in the Equateur province, but the WHO has determined that they are separate events with different causes ... poisoning or bacterial meningitis — a life ...

Bacterial meningitis, on the other hand ... This new vaccine protects against Men W and three other causes of meningitis and sepsis and is currently being rolled out to target teenagers and ...