People often confuse meningococcal disease and meningitis, but they are not the same condition. While they share similar symptoms and treatments, they can have different causes. Both conditions may be ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Meningitis causes swelling in the membranes around the brain and spinal ...

A fourth-grade student at Burns Science and Technology School died last week of meningitis, according to television news reports. The disease affects thousands of Americans every year, with certain ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A severe headache, fever, and stiff neck are common symptoms of early-stage ...

Treatment for viral meningitis can range from rest to hospital care and antiviral medications. Depending on the condition’s severity, recovery may take a few weeks or cause lasting physical and mental ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

If you are heading off to college or to join the military, you doctor may have warn you about the risk of meningitis. That’s because people who live in close proximity in a large group setting, such ...

Recurrent meningitis is when someone’s meningitis returns after an initial case. It is relatively uncommon and tends to be less severe than the initial meningitis. However, its symptoms and diagnosis ...

Meningitis involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord and can stem from infectious or non-infectious causes, whereas the flu is caused exclusively by influenza viruses.

A probable outbreak of fungal meningitis—an infection that causes inflammation near the brain and spinal cord—in Mexican medical clinics has left two Americans dead and over 200 infected, causing the ...

A Tufts freshman was diagnosed yesterday with a blood infection caused by the meningococcal bacteria, an infection that causes meningitis. Health Services has identified individuals who may have been ...

Dar es Salaam / Lilongwe / Geneva — 15 April 2025 — A new, easier-to-administer and patient-friendly sustained-release formulation of flucytosine, a medicine used to treat cryptococcal meningitis, has ...