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

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC warned of a sharp increase in cases of meningococcal disease in the U.S. More than 500 cases of this serious infection marked by inflammation of the ...

As a mother who lost my son, and as a survivor of bacterial meningitis, we know too well the devastating toll this disease can take and how quickly it can strike, and how permanently it can alter ...

The Oakland County Health Division in Michigan is working to contact more than 200 potentially exposed children after becoming aware of a bacterial meningitis infection in a day camp counselor at Life ...

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

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 ...

Sepsis, a life threatening illness which can be particularly hard to spot, can cause kids to have symptoms like: blotchy or pale skin, a meningitis-like rash, difficulty breathing (leading them to ...

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

Nearly half of children with CABM experienced adverse outcomes including hearing impairment, neurologic sequelae, and death.

Among the 981,869 children, 0.8% were diagnosed with sepsis and less than 0.1% diagnosed with meningitis; overall, 1.2% of children developed epilepsy during the study period. Children with clinically ...

London: Children and young adults, particularly university students, face an increased risk of meningococcal meningitis and ...