Any infection caused by the Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) bacteria is called meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is very serious. It can lead to limb amputations, hearing loss, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously today to expand the current recommendations ...

Thirty-four cases involved children ages 1 to 10; 41 patients not vaccinated against measles. Risk of meningococcal disease up in patients with anatomic/functional asplenia. The quadrivalent ...

There is confusion about how and when teens should be getting the new Meningitis ACWY vaccine. Plus testosterone for female sex drive and allotments on prescription. Show more The Meningitis ACWY ...

A vaccination campaign against meningococcal B bacteria has been launched in the Chambéry and Lyon-East regions of France. This campaign follows an increase in cases of infection since June 2022 with ...

Outbreaks of bacterial meningococcal disease in England and recent cases in students in New Zealand have raised awareness of this serious and life-threatening disease. The disease is caused by the ...

The meningitis ACWY vaccine is to be offered in all Hampshire secondary schools from January 2018. Currently the jab is offered through GP surgeries in the south of the county and school nurses in the ...

Background and aims: A primary dose of the candidate meningococcal A, C, W-135, Y tetanus toxoid-conjugated vaccine (MenACWY-TT) was immunogenic and well tolerated in subjects aged 15- 19 years ...