When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Meningitis can be infectious or non-infectious, and affect both healthy and sick individuals. While environmental factors such as traveling to places where some bacterial causative agents are rife, or ...

A simple algorithm developed at the UC Davis Health System and Children's Hospital Boston can help doctors rapidly distinguish viral meningitis from bacterial meningitis in infants and children -- ...

IN September 2005, my son Isaac called home from his apartment in New York City to tell his mother he had a terrible headache and felt lousy: chills and a fever. He was a very healthy young man who ...

A Neshaminy High School student has died after suddenly becoming ill with meningitis. Ryan Duffy was admitted to the ...

Spinal meningitis, which is an inflammation that affects the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord, is a serious and potentially deadly health problem. However, there are several ...

The Neshaminy High School community is grappling with the sudden loss of senior Ryan Duffy who passed away due to bacterial ...

A Pennsylvania high school student died from bacterial meningitis, according to the local school district.