Early-onset neonatal sepsis and meningitis are associated with an increased risk for childhood epilepsy, according to a study published online July 7 in JAMA Network Open.

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

Listeriosis, caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, poses a serious health risk for those indulging in contaminated ...

In a ward of Nasser hospital in southern Gaza a woman is comforting her crying, 16-month-old granddaughter, one of those ...

Nearly one in four infants lacks enough healthy gut bacteria essential for training their immune systems, putting them at ...

Pediatricians like me are worried that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will make it harder for children to get the ...

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

John Grimes was a 19-year-old Sophomore in college when he contracted the illness. It took his sight but not his spirit.

Some children across the Upstate are getting very sick and even dying from meningitis. A growing number of parents are concerned.

ALBANY, N.Y. — As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel convenes for the first time, a new campaign is underway to encourage teenagers to receive the meningitis B ...

It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was ...

Researchers have identified microscopic patterns on plastic surfaces that significantly hinder bacterial colonization, opening new possibilities for infection-resistant medical devices. These surface ...