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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

Florida is facing several disease outbreaks — COVID, monkeypox, dengue fever. But meningococcal disease is now on the minds of health experts, too. In a discussion with reporters, Dr. Ulyee Choe, ...

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 ...

What are the modes of transmission? Individuals can spread meningococcal infection via saliva and respiratory secretions. The incubation period of meningococcal infection is three to four days, with a ...

I know firsthand what meningococcal meningitis can do to a body. I contracted it at 9 months old. I survived the illness and now live with severe scarring on my skin, along with amputation of some ...

As tens of thousands of teenagers gear up for Schoolies celebrations, health experts are urging revellers to stay alert to ...

There's a new way for young people to combat a bacterial disease that can cause hearing loss, severe neurological damage, the loss of limbs, and, in many cases, death. Meningococcal disease, while ...

Viral is the most common, but other types are more dangerous Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Meningitis is inflammation or infection of the meninges and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Meninges are ...

A new vaccine from Pfizer has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as the first shot of its kind to address multiple strains of meningococcal disease, the company said Oct. 20. After ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

Possible complications of meningococcal meningitis Meningococcal disease progresses rapidly and can cause death or leave a patient with neurological sequela, peripheral gangrene, seizures, ...