The global disease burden of meningitis remains unacceptably high, and progress lags substantially behind that of other vaccine-preventable diseases, warns a new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology.
The...
A Syracuse University student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, according to Karen Nardella, M.D., Medical Director with Syracuse University Health Services.
The student has since left...
Penn State’s University Health Services (UHS) announced Monday that local health officials confirmed a single case of meningococcal meningitis at University Park.
The patient, a Penn State student,...
A San Diego State University (SDSU) student has been diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital, university officials report.
SDSU’s Student Health Services...
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands are reporting dozens of meningococcal meningitis cases this year, resulting in 11 deaths, according to an AD news...
Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck… but they might also just have a bad stomach ache. This can be so severe...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa recently reported updated meningitis numbers for the countries of the African Meningitis Belt and surrounding areas.
For the first three months...
Officials with Colgate University announced this week that a on-campus student at Parke House–Bryan Complex was taken to a Utica hospital and was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis.
In a update...
In a follow-up on the meningococcal disease outbreak declared in northern Fiji last week, The Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MoHMS) reports that the outbreak is caused by meningococcal...
Researchers at the University’s Institute of Infection and Global Health are developing a new commercial blood test to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected meningitis.
The...
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