Officials with the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan is reporting the death of a 21-year old student from the Orangi Town area due to the “brain-eating amoeba”,...

New York City health officials are reporting two cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) that were diagnosed in early March in persons who either live or work in Far Rockaway, Queens. The first...

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...

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...

Health officials in San Luis Obispo County announced yesterday they are investigating a suspected bacterial meningitis death. A student living in San Luis Obispo and attending Cuesta College has died...

Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Jan. 26 through Feb. 1: 5. Roald Dahl 1988: Olivia and measles encephalitis The number 5 post of the week was a post from out of the...

Officials with Columbia University in New York are reporting two meningococcal meningitis cases in members of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) community . The students are being treated...

The New Zealand Health Ministry is calling on the public to remain vigilant for meningococcal disease as three confirmed cases were reported in the first week of 2019 and two more are under investigation. The...

Pampanga Northwest of Manila in the Philippine province of Pampanga, health officials have declared the province malaria-free. “Pampanga is now included among the provinces in the country without any...

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...