Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It has three main causes: bacterial, viral, and fungal, each requiring a different treatment approach.

After two students at Rutgers University were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis this month, University Health Services (UHS) sent an email on March 4 to the entire student body sharing information ...

Bexsero is a brand-name intramuscular injection prescribed to help prevent meningitis B in some children and adults. As with other drugs, Bexsero can cause side effects, including injection site ...

Physician John Johnson is chief medical officer at the Government Employees Health Association and serves on the Medical Association of Georgia’s board of directors. In this guest column, Johnson ...

As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club we want no one else to ever join. We started individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost a young, ...

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 ...