Meningitis causes inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The World Health Organization (WHO) says ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis—commonly known as rat lungworm—a parasite that can cause a form of meningitis in people, was ...

Meningitis remains one of Nigeria’s recurring public health challenges, particularly in the northern region that lies within Africa’s meningitis belt.

A mother whose two-year-old daughter died after contracting two rare strains of meningitis within weeks of each other has ...

Meningitis, vaccination coverage is too low in Campania: among children, it stands at around 50% for meningococcus B (the most common) and 60% for the other ACWY strains present in our ...

Some infections lead to immunity from future infections, so I understand your question. Unfortunately, since there are so many causes, getting meningitis once does not protect you from getting it ...

Chickenpox, or varicella, can also cause viral meningitis. We have a strong vaccine for that, too. But Kennedy has claimed that this vaccine increases the risk of shingles – it does not – while his ...

Drugmakers must focus on developing new antibiotics to fight hospital “superbugs” including meningitis and other infections that can resist last-line treatments, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The Director General (DG) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has tasked the Navrongo and the Kintampo Health Research Centres to intensify research aimed at uncovering the root ...

Haisleigh Finlay, now 2, was sent home from A&E and told she had a "stomach bug" - when she was actually battling the life-threatening infection - which left her 'minutes' from death ...

Meghalaya has issued a health advisory after suspected meningococcal cases at an Army training facility. Meningococcal disease is a fast-spreading bacterial infection that can cause meningitis or ...