A fourth-grade student at Burns Science and Technology School died last week of meningitis, according to television news reports. The disease affects thousands of Americans every year, with certain ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases involve an immune system attack on the central or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known of these conditions, but ...

If you are heading off to college or to join the military, you doctor may have warn you about the risk of meningitis. That’s because people who live in close proximity in a large group setting, such ...

When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Viral meningitis is a common type of meningitis that occurs due to a virus. It causes inflammation in the membrane that surrounds the spinal cord and brain. While anyone can get viral meningitis, ...

Meningitis causes swelling in the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Encephalitis is inflammation of brain tissues ...

Meningitis is inflammation of the fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord that usually develops due to an infection. Type C meningitis is a type of bacterial meningitis caused by the bacteria ...

Former Australian cricket legend Damien Martyn has been placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with life-threatening meningitis. The condition causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord ...

That slight fever and headache your child woke up with? Most of the time, it’s nothing serious. But sometimes, those seemingly innocent symptoms can be the first whispers of something far more ...