NCDC warns states in the African meningitis belt about CSM outbreak, urges preventive measures, early detection, and prompt ...

Bacteria can slip into the brain by commandeering cells in the brain’s protective layers, a new study finds. The results hint at how a deadly infection called bacterial meningitis takes hold. In mice ...

COLORADO, USA — A high school teacher in Colorado has died after possibly being infected by bacterial meningitis. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

The family of Jude Platts is raising money for a memorial to honor the “special little boy” after he died suddenly from a ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. Now, researchers show in a study on rats that the ...

Infections with many different types of bacteria including Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogens, and Neisseria mengitidis can cause bacterial meningitis. It's estimated that every year over ...

The human brain remains one of the most protected organs in the body, surrounded by layers of tissue and bathed in specialized fluid designed to prevent harmful substances from reaching this vital ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden ...

British model and TV personality Lisa Snowdon shared the first signs of viral meningitis, which she initially chalked up to ...

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, have generated the first comprehensive transcriptional atlas of neonatal mouse meningeal leukocytes, under normal conditions and after ...