A rise in invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ...

Nigeria rolled out the world's first vaccine against all strains of meningitis. The shot will help ease the burden of disease ...

Of the current 143 known cases in 2024, 101 are the same variant of meningitis — serogroup Y. The CDC said “cases caused by this strain are disproportionately occurring in people ages 30 ...

Meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MCC) vaccines are safe and effective. In England and Wales, MCC vaccine programs resulted in substantial herd immunity, as shown by reductions in serogroup C ...

The Health Alert Network health Advisory, issued March 28, warned that there have been 143 cases of meningococcal disease in 2024, mainly attributable to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y.

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The recent uptick in infection has been tied mostly to a subset of N. meningitidis bacteria known as serogroup Y, which the MenACWY vaccine protects against. Based on a genetic analysis of about ...

meningitidis serogroup A, C, Y and W-135 polysaccharides conjugated individually to diphtheria toxoid — became the first such product to be approved in the United States. It has now been joined ...

A man is dead and two others are in hospital after they were struck with a deadly disease that kills between five and 10 per ...

HPV immunization is highly recommended. Talk with Student Health to see if this vaccine is right for you. Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) vaccination can help prevent meningococcal disease. There are ...

From 1995, the UK experienced an increase in morbidity and mortality due to serogroup C meningococcal disease, predominantly owing to the introduction and spread of a hyperinvasive clone ...