Abuja: The death toll of an outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) across four local government areas in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi has risen from 26 to 56, health authorities said.

Local pediatric experts have warned about the disease called Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD), especially among children.

These bacteria are capable of causing meningococcal meningitis, a condition that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.Meningococcal disease isn’t very common in the United States. A study ...

Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...

The parents of a "miracle boy" who died suddenly from a rare form of meningitis have said they are working to raise awareness of the disease. Four-year-old Jaxon Knowles died in Rotherham Hospital on ...

The vaccine targets five major serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis (A, B, C, W, and Y), which commonly cause invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). The vaccine combines the antigenic components of ...

Penmenvy combines parts of the well-established Bexsero and Menveo vaccines into a single shot, protecting against the five most common strains of Neisseria meningitidis (A, B, C, W, and Y).

was approved by the US FDA to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135 in people aged 11–55 years. The first meningococcal vaccine ...

The shot protects against common disease-causing serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis (A, B, C, W and Y), covering five of the six serogroups that cause most disease worldwide, with the B ...

It remains contraindicated for patients with unresolved serious Neisseria meningitidis infection. Because of the risk of meningococcal infections, Soliris is only available through a restricted Risk ...

ABUJA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of an outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) across four local government areas in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi has risen from 26 to 56, health ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found ...