Learn to recognize the early signs of childhood meningitis, when to seek help, and how to protect your child with these ...

Viral and bacterial meningitis are explored in this factsheet, helping nurses to identify when emergency treatment is needed.

By the time Sophie developed a rash the next morning, it was too late. We rushed her to hospital but she suffered a heart attack and died within hours.’ Meningitis, a swelling of the membrane ...

Officials at the University of Virginia confirmed on Sunday that a student has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease ... and/or a rash. The infection can be treated with antibiotics if ...

ULAN BATOR, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia reported a second fatal case of meningococcal meningitis disease this year, according to the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) on ...

As vaccine innovation has provided increased options for protecting adolescents from invasive meningococcal disease, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has grappled with how ...

Compared with no dexamethasone treatment, early administration of dexamethasone in children with pneumococcal meningitis lowered 30-day all-cause mortality by 50%, a new study showed. Overall ...

Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...

A five-year-old boy from the central-west Mongolian province of Arkhangai was admitted to the local hospital with a symptom of high fever and rash, and was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis.