A WOMAN almost died after eating seafood contaminated with worms that burrowed her brain. The 60-year-old turned up to hospital with a fever that had lasted three days and severe confusion – ...

Five students of a private school at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district of Kerala have sought medical treatment after showing ...

Five students from a school in Kerala’s Ernakulam district have shown signs of viral meningitis. Two are in the ICU, but all ...

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops encephalitis.

Nigerian authorities confirm a meningitis outbreak in the northwest, causing 26 deaths over two months. Medical supplies and ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub ...

KOCHI: As many as five children of the age group five to seven of St. Paul's International School, Kalamassery, have been ...

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis.

Jacob Oakie, 39, of Ocala, died last year in the custody of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office after developing pneumococcal ...

An otherwise healthy inmate died after a “raging” ear infection developed into spinal meningitis as staff at an Alaska prison ...

An inmate at Alaska's largest prison begged for medical help with a severe ear infection but was ignored for days until it ...

Her blood tests and kidney function were still normal, and microscopic examination of her blood showed no obvious signs of ...