A meningitis rash is a serious sign that a meningitis infection has developed and possibly spread. The rash may appear similar to pinpricks or bruises. Learn more.

The Palestinian journalists who have been covering the devastating war in Gaza were named winners of the UNESCO/Guillermo ...

A man who underwent pioneering transplant surgery after contracting meningitis is backing a push to eradicate the virus. Mike ...

April 2024 at the Institut Pasteur and is supported by prominent athletes advocating on the cause ahead of the Paris ...

Health authorities in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro have announced the number of cases of meningitis recorded so far in 2022 already exceeds those detected all throughout 2021. According ...

Nigeria recently became the first country to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health ...

The UN health agency, in a statement, said the vaccination campaign against the meningitis outbreak began on Thursday.

Yobe State government has confirmed the death of 85 people from Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the state while 2,510 have ...

The introduction of Men5CV is especially important for Nigeria, which is one of Africa's 26 hyper-endemic countries which recently experienced an outbreak leading to 1,742 suspected cases. Lessons for ...

The Yobe State Government says it recoded 2,510 cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Type C, from 25th December, 2023 to April, ...

Meningitis can be caused by various pathogens, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Bacterial meningitis―caused by streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae and neisseria meningitidis―is the ...

Nigeria has made history by becoming the first country to roll out a new vaccine to protect against meningitis ...