Meningitis can be infectious or non-infectious, and affect both healthy and sick individuals. While environmental factors such as traveling to places where some bacterial causative agents are rife, or ...

When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Penn State College of Medicine is reporting on two cases of destructive infant meningitis linked to Paenibacillus infection, ...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:18:18 GMT — The Fungal Meningitis outbreak has now reached 16 states, has been connected to 297 illnesses and 23 deaths - including 5 in Michigan so far. But what exactly is Fungal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spinal meningitis, which is an inflammation that affects the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord, is a serious ...

The meningitis B vaccine is a shot that’s designed to protect you from developing this illness. Meningitis B is a serious bacterial infection that affects the lining of your brain and spinal cord. It ...

Bacterial spinal meningitis can be deadly in hours if you do not get treatment right away. You cannot determine meningitis type on symptoms alone, so seek medical attention right away. Unlike ...

The most common causes of meningitis vary dramatically by age. Neisseria meningitidis, the bacteria that is the target of the meningitis vaccine, is most commonly found in adolesc ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPVI) -- Rutgers, New Jersey's state university, is urging students to get vaccinations due to a likely outbreak of bacterial meningitis. Two Rutgers-New Brunswick students were ...