Oregon Public Health officials are confirming a seventh case of meningococcal disease linked to a University of Oregon outbreak – a 52-year-old man who visited his daughter on the UO campus May 2-3....

The number of additional cases of meningococcal disease cases in Niger has increased by nearly 800 in a week, according to Niger’s Health Minister Mano Aghali this past weekend. The number of cases...

The meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Niger has jumped by another 2,000 cases and 100 deaths since last reported here about one week ago. The latest data, as of May 8, published by Doctors without...

Since the last report on the Niger meningitis outbreak in the end of April, the case tally in the west African nation has doubled while the death toll has increased by 100. African media accounts state...

Since the last report on the Niger meningococcal meningitis outbreak twelve days ago, the west African country has seen another doubling of cases of the dangerous bacterial infection. The Ministry of...

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., is urging parents to talk with their child’s doctor about the new school-entrance vaccination requirements, which include...

Frankie Milley founded Meningitis Angels when her teenage son Ryan died. Portland, Ore. dad Scott Parkhurst joined the fight last year after losing his 17-year-old son, Jake. Meningitis Angels, a national...

In addition to Niger in West Africa reporting a serious outbreak of meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis this year that has taken the lives of about 75 in two major cities, other countries in the...

The Niger meningococcal meningitis outbreak has doubled since last reported here on April 5 with the latest case count at nearly 700, according to an AFP report Thursday. Health minister Mano Aghali...

After days of wondering what took the life a an 18-year-old Broad Run High School student in Loudoun County, VA, the mystery is now over. In a report Friday, Nancy Bull, an administrator in the northern...