When Keilly Rose Byrd-Purtell’s family realized how sick she was, it may have been too late. Keilly, a fun-loving and headstrong Bellingham High sophomore, complained of a sore throat in late December ...

The Kano State Government, through the Kano State Centre for Disease Control, has conducted case management activities, community sensitisation and sample collection in Gamji Village, Garko Local ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a new alert Friday after two people recently died from a form of meningitis. More cases than usual have also been reported in recent ...

The Chicago Health Department reported a meningitis outbreak that has killed two people this month. Since January 17, CDPH confirmed seven cases of Neisseria meningitis among adults. Health officials ...

Deaths from a rare and dangerous bacterial infection could rise if fewer teens are vaccinated, doctors warn. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adolescents get ...

Deaths from a rare and dangerous bacterial infection could rise if fewer teens are vaccinated, doctors warn. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adolescents get ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Andy Marso is only one person who almost lost their lives to the preventable disease.

High-dose rifampin — 35 mg/kg daily — administered for 8 weeks showed no reduction in mortality rate compared with standard-dose rifampin — 10 mg/kg daily — in patients with tuberculous meningitis but ...

Tuberculous meningitis is often lethal, and many survivors have disabilities despite antimicrobial treatment and adjunctive glucocorticoid therapy. Standard-dose rifampin has limited central nervous ...

A small group of BYU nursing students traveled to Japan this summer with professor Ryan Rasmussen, graduate program coordinator Craig Nuttall and visiting faculty Hiromi Tobe to visit the Ishikawa ...