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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Children under five years of age, especially those aged two years or under, face a high risk of pneumococcal disease, which is caused by infection of a bacteria -- Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known ...

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 ...

Incoming college students who need the bacterial meningitis vaccine to enroll in January classes may be able to get the pricey shot for free or almost free. Previously, students had to meet ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine to protect people age 11 to 55 against bacterial meningitis, which is rare but potentially deadly and debilitating.

ZURICH, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG wants to file its meningitis vaccine Menveo for use in small infants in the United States and Europe after a late-stage study with children ...