Most bacterial meningitis occur in strains covered by the widely-received and CDC-recommended vaccine, but the strain at UW-Madison isn’t prevented by the vaccine, said Kristen Ehresmann, Minnesota ...

To help families get ready for the upcoming school year, FCPH will host four back-to-school immunization clinics throughout ...

Texas Education Code section 51.9192 states that all students attending an institution of higher education are required to provide proof of a current bacterial meningitis vaccination. Students meeting ...

Vaccines can help you stay healthy. Learn how vaccines against bacteria and viruses can prevent serious illnesses like pneumonia, diphtheria, pertussis, and meningitis.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

Gail Bailey stands at the tombstone for her son, Eddy, who died of bacterial meningitis in 2002. (Erik Gunn | Wisconsin Examiner) It has been nearly 22 years since Edward “Eddy” Bailey — a ...

Bacterial meningitis is the most serious, can also result in septicaemia (blood poisoning), and can seriously disable or kill within 24 hours those that contract it.

Officials say there's been a jump in bacterial meningitis cases 01:41. ... "Getting your child up to date on their vaccines by age 11 to 12 for the first dose, age 16 for the booster dose.

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U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a new children's vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline PLC that targets two common causes of bacterial meningitis, which can be fatal.

By working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we led the advocacy ...