"Our results show that fever and petechial rashes are still essential warning signs associated with higher rates of sepsis and meningitis than in other febrile children."—Kohlmaier et al., Acta ...

Meningitis can be quickly spotted in babies with "great accuracy" thanks to a new non-invasive test. A study showed that it identified the potentially deadly infection in newborns and infants with 94% ...

Approximately 21% of meningococcal disease cases affect young people ages 11 to 24. Bacterial meningitis, a potentially fatal infection that causes the protective membranes of the brain and spine to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a study of Danish children suggest that hearing loss greatly increases the risk of meningitis. Therefore, parents of children with hearing loss should ...

Researchers have identified the types of E.coli responsible for neonatal meningitis -- around 50 per cent of infections are caused by two types of E. coli. The study was the largest to date, examining ...

Viral is the most common, but other types are more dangerous ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond-Henrico Health District (RHHD) is recognizing World Meningitis Day, which raises awareness about the disease that can cause death or lifelong disability. Okey Utah serves as ...

Thirty-eight per cent of parents in the UK think a distinctive rash is the first symptom of meningitis, despite the fact it often appears after other symptoms, or not at all, according to new research ...