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 ...

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 ...

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