After the confirmation of the sixth case of meningococcal disease in a University of Oregon student this year, a press conference was held in which Dr. Paul Cieslak, Medical Director for the Acute and...

The University of Oregon has reported their fifth case of meningococcemia in an off-campus student yesterday. The university notes that with the other four cases, they immediately notified classmates...

Health officials in the north-western state of Kebbi have reported at least 42 fatalities, or a quarter of the 154 people infected from the five local government areas (LGA) reporting cases. In addition, 58...

Meningococcal disease/meningitis has been reported with some frequency on university campuses since the beginning of the year (Oregon, Yale, Providence, Marquette) and now a California university is reporting...

Approximately a week after the death of Acadia University first-year student, Sarah Hastings, the Wolfville, Nova Scotia school is reporting a second case of meningitis in one of their students. Dr....

The New Haven, CT school is the latest institution of higher learning in recent weeks to report on a student being treated for meningitis. According to Yale University, a Yale College student was admitted...

The Greensboro, NC school announced yesterday that an on-campus student has been diagnosed with meningitis and is receiving treatment at a medical center. A full diagnosis will not be available until early...

The University of Oregon was notified that a student was diagnosed with Neisseria meningococcemia on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial illness that includes bloodstream...

Just days after 15-year-old Sackville High School student, Rylee Sears died from the bacterial infection, meningococcal meningitis, another tragic death due to the serious disease occurred in the eastern...

On the Sunday, Dec.7 airing of the Outbreak News This Week radio show, the main topics covered included meningitis and the work of the Meningitis Foundation of America, a new study concerning the reduction...