According to Amy Phelps from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, the vaccine is intended to help prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis which can be deadly within hours.

Biochemical analyses provide an answer to the question of how the gut bacterium Morganella morganii might contribute to some ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

So, parents, trust your intuition, really listen to that voice inside you, because you do know best. You know your child ...

Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung Bioepis will be responsible for the development, regulatory registration, manufacture and supply of the product, while Teva will be responsible for ...

It wasn't too long ago that in the world of infectious diseases, it seemed like COVID-19 was all anyone was talking about. It was, after all, the most prevalent and deadly infectious disease globally ...

Sometimes white matter disease doesn't show any symptoms in the early stages. It may not be discovered until your doctor orders an MRI test for another reason. The two types of brain tissues are ...

Gould’s symptoms seemed uncannily similar to those of patients known to have this new disease, and a blood test confirmed the scientists’ hunch: Gould had the mutation. The NIH doctors reached ...

Funding has been secured to perform a PERUKI supported study to investigate the potential for LAMP-MD in the diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children. Meningitis Research Foundation.

Bacterial meningitis presents symptoms such as high fever and ... which inadvertently reduced exposure to meningococcal disease and led to lower vaccination rates. From January to November 2024 ...