Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It has three main causes: bacterial, viral, and fungal, each requiring a different treatment approach.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

Communicable disease experts are advocating for steps to be taken to protect university students against meningococcal ...

The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has said it is "monitoring the situation closely" after two students at the ...

University Health Services released a statement Oct. 31 that said four University of Wisconsin students were diagnosed with meningitis and quickly received medical care. One student was hospitalized ...

Lyme meningitis can happen when Lyme disease is left untreated. It can cause symptoms like severe headache, fever, and light sensitivity. Lyme meningitis can be treated with a course of antibiotics.

Meningitis can cause life-threatening sepsis and result in permanent damage to the brain or nerves if not treated quickly ...

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis - a debilitating disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. WHO ...

SHOPPERS are being warned not to eat a brand of tofu over fears it could cause meningitis. The urgent health warning has been ...

On Valentines day 2016 two-year-old Faye Burdett tragically passed away from meningitis after two weeks of trying to battle ...