Some groups may have an increased risk of meningitis. This can include: Children under 5 may have an increased risk of viral meningitis, while infants have a higher risk of bacterial meningitis.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aiming to speed up detection, ensure timely treatment, and ...

At its first meeting under the new administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on recommendations for several ...

Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of meningitis, aiming ...

Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines designed to diagnose and ...

Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that ... in remote parts of the northern region with children affected the most.