A third Colorado teacher from Cherry Creek School District died over the past weekend, as the coroner’s office investigates whether the other two had bacterial meningitis. Willow Creek Elementary ...

Your body's brain and spinal cord are surrounded by three layers of membranes known as the meninges. These protective membranes are vital for providing structural support, cushioning tissue, improving ...

Patti Wukovits still thinks about how she had to bury her daughter in her prom dress. In June 2012, 17-year-old Kimberly Coffey had a fever and body aches. She told her mom it felt like her ankles ...

Meningitis is a serious illness that causes inflammation of the membranes around the spinal cord and neck. It can be fatal without prompt treatment. The meningitis vaccine is one of the best ways to ...

A Denver-area high school closed this week after two of its teachers died - at least one due to symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis. Eaglecrest High School in Aurora canceled Tuesday night ...

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Lyme meningitis is a rare but potentially serious form of meningitis. It can develop following Lyme disease. It affects the nervous system and can lead to headaches, a stiff neck, fever, and nerve ...

Meningitis refers to swelling in the membranes that surround your brain and spinal cord. This type of inflammation affects your nervous system. Meningitis can be viral or bacterial, and symptoms of ...

A probable outbreak of fungal meningitis—an infection that causes inflammation near the brain and spinal cord—in Mexican medical clinics has left two Americans dead and over 200 infected, causing the ...

For many new students, freshers’ week means late nights, parties and the inevitable bugs that sweep through university halls. So when psychology student Eliana Shaw-Lothian, then 18, woke up with a ...