Jan. 23 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past year, five Minnesota children have fallen ill -- one fatally -- with a germ that can cause meningitis, experts at the U.S. Centers for ...

Health officials have urged parents to ensure their children are vaccinated following a spike in meningitis cases. In 2024/25 ...

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

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis.

A DEVASTATING virus that ‘takes hold in hours’ has risen in the UK, health chiefs have warned. Cases of meningococcal disease ...

LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A 5-year-old has died of bacterial meningitis in Cape May County. Lilyana Fernandez was preparing to begin kindergarten at the Douglas Memorial School in Lower Township when ...

NEWARK (WABC) -- Health officials in Newark met with parents Tuesday hoping to ease fears after a student died of a suspected case of bacterial meningitis, but a change in information may do more to ...

The NHS is currently trialling a rapid blood test designed to diagnose life-threatening conditions such as sepsis and ...

For parents, it can be hard to know when a child’s winter illness is something more serious. Sepsis, a life threatening illness which can be particularly hard to spot, can cause kids to have symptoms ...

A school-aged youth living in Cayuga County has been hospitalized with a clinically diagnosed case of bacterial meningitis. Kathleen Cuddy, the county's deputy director of health services, said an ...

A locum doctor allegedly failed to refer a three-week-old boy, who was later diagnosed with viral meningitis, to an emergency ...