About: meningitis

The Department of Health has today reported the first case of invasive meningococcal disease in 2020.  

An adult is recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease.

Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that...

A world-first trial for a promising gonorrhoea vaccine will be led by Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics and the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.

The $2.7 million study incorporates five Australian universities and three health districts and providers, and will test whether a meningococcal B vaccine protects against gonorrhoea in gay...

As the weather warms up, the Department of Health is reminding Western Australians to protect themselves and their families from the rare but potentially fatal infection amoebic meningitis.

Amoebic meningitis is caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba which lives in fresh water and damp soil. When water containing active amoebae...

A 22-year old man from a rural area of the North-West of Tasmania is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal B.

Acting director of public health, Dr Scott McKeown, said close contacts of the man had received precautionary antibiotics after he was admitted to the North-West Regional last...