In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the early symptoms, management, and prognosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis (CABM) to provide ...

The meningococcal meningitis fatality rate is around 15% for teens and young adults, Marshall explained. And those who survive can lose limbs due to coagulation that cuts off the blood supply and can ...

A fourth-grade student at Burns Science and Technology School died last week of meningitis, according to television news reports. The disease affects thousands of Americans every year, with certain ...

The test, which is being trialled in three hospitals, could make a “vital difference” to the care of children.

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 ...

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 ...

Meningitis contributes to higher child mortality rates than estimated by the WHO, according to a new study. Meningitis contributes to higher child mortality rates than estimated by the WHO, according ...

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 ...

The UK comic shared that his earliest memory is getting treated for the disease Steve Eichner/Variety via Getty Comedian Jimmy Carr shared that he almost died as a child from meningitis — and that his ...