The meningococcal meningitis fatality rate is around 15% for teens and young adults, Marshall explained. And those who survive can lose limbs due to coagulation that cuts off the blood supply and can ...

Today on my table…He’s lucky to be alive. He is a strong man in his late thirties. It’s been a few years since an injury that ...

An infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, meningitis can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, children, teenagers and young adults, according to NHS England. The ...

World Meningitis Day 2025 calls for global action to defeat meningitis by 2030 through prevention, vaccines, early care, and stronger partnerships.

A Pennsylvania teenager has died from bacterial meningitis, months before graduating from high school, according to the ...

The brother of a 21-year-old who died after contracting meningitis is calling for people of university age "not to dismiss their illness as freshers' flu". Lucas Martin died on 12 September 2023 after ...

A Bucks County high school student has died from bacterial meningitis, according to the county's Department of Health. The ...

A high school student has died after contracting meningitis. Ryan Duffy, 18, was a senior at Neshaminy High School in ...

In cases of bacterial meningitis, treatment with antibiotics must start as soon as possible, according to the CDC. "The ...