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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

FLORIDA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Florida Department of Health are investigating what is being called one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease in U.S. history.

Some infections lead to immunity from future infections, so I understand your question. Unfortunately, since there are so many causes, getting meningitis once does not protect you from getting it ...

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 ...

ALBANY, NY, June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing prevalence of meningitis is projected to drive up demand for meningitis vaccination, resulting in rapid expansion of the global meningococcal ...

The North Dakota Department of Health has received reports of three individuals diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis in the past couple months. Meningococcal meningitis is rare in North Dakota and ...

Possible complications of meningococcal meningitis Meningococcal disease progresses rapidly and can cause death or leave a patient with neurological sequela, peripheral gangrene, seizures, ...

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

The state of Virginia is warning of a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease, a "rare but serious" bacterial illness that can lead to meningitis. Since June 2022, there have been 27 cases of the ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Florida Department of Health are investigating "one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history," ...

Meningococcal vaccines lower your risk of bacterial meningitis and other illnesses from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. U.S. vaccines include MenACWY (A, C, W, Y), MenB (B), and MenABCWY (A, B, C, W, ...