I know firsthand what meningococcal meningitis can do to a body. I contracted it at 9 months old. I survived the illness and now live with severe scarring on my skin, along with amputation of some ...

A trial of a new vaccine against meningococcal disease, a cause of meningitis and blood poisoning, has found that it is safe and induces a strong immune response across five strains of meningococcal ...

People often confuse meningococcal disease and meningitis, but they are not the same condition. While they share similar symptoms and treatments, they can have different causes. Both conditions may be ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

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A meningitis vaccine is generally safe. However, it may not be suitable if a person has an allergy to any of the ingredients, is pregnant or breastfeeding, or is feeling unwell. In these cases, it is ...

Any infection caused by the Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) bacteria is called meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is very serious. It can lead to limb amputations, hearing loss, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Florida Department of Health are investigating "one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history," ...

The UK Health Security Agency said there were 378 cases of invasive meningococcal disease in 2024/25, up from 340 in the ...

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There's an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Virginia. Five people in the state have died from complications of the disease. (Photo Illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images ...