San Diego County health officials determined Friday that there is an outbreak of meningococcal disease on the campus of San Diego State University after a second case was confirmed this semester. The...

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...

In a follow-up on the chickenpox outbreak among football players at San Diego State University, local media reports say that two additional players have been infected and yesterday’s practice was...

On November 17, 2015, actor Charlie Sheen publicly disclosed he was HIV-positive on NBC’s Today Show. How might such celebrity announcements affect public health in the population at large? That’s...

San Diego County health officials have reported another local university with a student confirmed positive for mumps. A San Diego State University (SDSU) student was recently confirmed positive for the...

The strain of Neisseria meningitis, the agent of meningococcal disease, that killed 18-year-old  San Diego State University (SDSU) freshman Sara Stelzer is the same strain seen in outbreaks of meningococcal...

A San Diego State University (SDSU) undergraduate student who was taken ill on October 12 and was hospitalized October 14 for presumed meningococcal meningitis, has died from the dangerous bacterial infection. According...