Spokane County health officials report investigating a case of Neisseria meningitidis, also known as meningococcal disease or meningitis, in a hospitalized female student who attends Sacajawea Middle...

The major cause of meningitis in Africa has changed in recent years, a study published in EBioMedicine and funded by Meningitis Research Foundation has confirmed. A type of bacterial meningitis called...

The University of Louisville (UofL) Campus Health Services is reporting an undergraduate student has been diagnosed and hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis. The student resides in a UofL residential...

Officials with Macon County Public Health (MCPH) in North Carolina have confirmed bacterial meningitis outbreak. As of Feb. 27, two deaths have occurred in the past three weeks–one confirmed caused...

Ireland health officials are warning the public to be vigilant regarding meningococcal meningitis/septicemia as there has been a noted increase in meningococcal disease in the country in the last two...

Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and can cause severe brain damage. Meningococcal meningitis is...

In a new report published in Expert Review of Vaccines, the Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) – a leading group of scientists, doctors and public health officials – warns that the incidence...

In a study funded by Meningitis Research Foundation, researchers have developed state of the art tests and a simple, accurate and standardised protocol to identify strains of meningococcal meningitis. These...

Connecticut state health officials are reporting a confirmed meningococcal meningitis case in a Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT student. “We are working with CCSU officials...

Officials with Duke University announced they are working to contact individuals who may have come in close contact with a Duke undergraduate recently admitted to the hospital with a confirmed case of bacterial...