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.

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

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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.

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 ...

Objectives: To determine whether having had meningitis in infancy adversely affects academic achievement at age 16. Methods: A case–control study in England and Wales of 461 teenagers who had ...