A mother whose two-year-old daughter died after contracting two rare strains of meningitis within weeks of each other has ...

Chickenpox, or varicella, can also cause viral meningitis. We have a strong vaccine for that, too. But Kennedy has claimed that this vaccine increases the risk of shingles – it does not – while his ...

A two-year-old girl died after contracting two strains of meningitis back to back, as her parents’ fears were ignored by ...

Andy Marso is only one person who almost lost their lives to the preventable disease. This new guidance puts an unbearable burden on parents and doctors. (Star file photo) There are very few diseases ...

NEWARK (WABC) -- Health officials in Newark met with parents Tuesday hoping to ease fears after a student died of a suspected case of bacterial meningitis, but a change in information may do more to ...

In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed the recommendation for universal vaccination against bacterial meningitis. The federal agency instead has moved this vaccine ...

STORY DEVELOPS. WELL, SOME CHILDREN ACROSS OUR AREA ARE GETTING VERY SICK, EVEN DYING FROM MENINGITIS. IT HAS A GROWING NUMBER OF PARENTS CONCERNED. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE WITH MORE ON HOW THIS IS ...

A confirmed meningococcal meningitis case at Pikkie Paradys School in Durbanville has prompted a Cape Town paediatrician to ...

A school-aged youth living in Cayuga County has been hospitalized with a clinically diagnosed case of bacterial meningitis. Kathleen Cuddy, the county's deputy director of health services, said an ...

Thirteen years ago, my husband, Bob, and I lost the love of our lives. Our only child Ryan was 18, working toward a professional golfing career and looking forward to starting his first year of ...

LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A 5-year-old has died of bacterial meningitis in Cape May County. Lilyana Fernandez was preparing to begin kindergarten at the Douglas Memorial School in Lower Township when ...

The Oakland County Health Division in Michigan is working to contact more than 200 potentially exposed children after becoming aware of a bacterial meningitis infection in a day camp counselor at Life ...