A 17-year-old student from San Ysidro High School in San Diego has been confirmed positive for meningococcal disease, according to county health officials. The previously healthy male was admitted to...

A San Diego State University (SDSU) undergraduate student who was taken ill on October 12 and was hospitalized October 14 for presumed meningococcal meningitis, has died from the dangerous bacterial infection. According...

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PRESS RELEASE This week, a student at Georgetown University died from serogroup B meningococcal disease. Continuing reports of serogroup B cases are an important reminder that there is an unmet public...

A Georgetown University undergraduate student has died from apparent bacterial meningitis, according to an email sent to the campus community today. Georgetown’s vice president for student affairs, Todd...

The Johnson City, Tennessee university issued a release Tuesday evening of at least one confirmed bacterial meningitis case in an off-campus student. East Tennessee State University (ETSU) said an off-campus...

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Advances in the prevention and treatment of an often fatal condition called bacterial meningitis appear to be paying dividends in the United States, report infectious disease experts at The University...