About: meningitis

  Meningeal macrophages (shown in white, red, and blue) are on constant alert against potential threats to brain tissue.McGavern Lab, NINDS Meningitis, a group of serious diseases which infect the brain’s lining, leaves its mark and can affect the body’s ability to fight such infections in the...

A pregnant indigenous woman sent home from a hospital emergency department on the day of her death was inadequately assessed before she died, two experts have told a NSW court.

Naomi Williams, 27, was six months' pregnant when she died of sepsis associated with the meningococcal bacteria immediately after being rushed to Tumut Hospital...

A UK grandfather has learnt to read and write at the age of 66 so he can pen his fiancée a love letter after childhood meningitis robbed him of his basic literacy skills.

John Menzies has found basic things such as remembering information, reading road...

The Department of Health has reported that there has been a new notification of invasive meningococcal disease serogroup C in an adult, bringing the number of reported cases in 2019 to four.  Of the four cases, one has been serogroup B, one serogroup W and two serogroup C meningococcal infections. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening...