Influenzal meningitis (not related to influenza or epidemic meningitis) used to kill 92% to 100% of all cases. But Manhattan’s Dr. Hattie Elizabeth Alexander loses only 25% of her patients.

The 'rat lungworm' typically takes root in humans from undercooked vessels like crayfish A woman ate crayfish (also known as ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub ...

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

From the departments of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Medical Service, Henry Grady Memorial Hospital. We are indebted to the late Dr ...

Doctors share concerns over how declining rates of vaccinations could put people at risk for Meningococcal disease and Measles.

Background: Numerous sequelae have been noted in survivors of bacterial meningitis; however, few studies document sequelae for several years following a childhood episode of bacterial meningitis.

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis.