Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. Now, researchers show in a study on rats that the ...

Infections with many different types of bacteria including Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogens, and Neisseria mengitidis can cause bacterial meningitis. It's estimated that every year over ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden ...

Understanding this condition is crucial for ensuring both personal health and academic performance. Meningitis involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain, primarily caused by ...

UL’s Dr John Mulvihill talks about cellular mechanobiology, the mothers of the meninges and how his research might help predict recovery after head injuries.

Bacteriologist taking a bacterial culture from a Petri dish. Image: Tim Sandle Bacteriologist taking a bacterial culture from a Petri dish. Image: Tim Sandle Many different types of bacteria can cause ...

COLORADO, USA — A high school teacher in Colorado has died after possibly being infected by bacterial meningitis. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Investigators in Israel and Italy have developed a model of the blood-brain barrier, studies of which may lead to prevention of meningitis in newborns. The research is published in Microbiology ...

Meg Draper was 18 and had joined swimming and netball teams, but died in October from meningococcal type B meningitis (MenB) ...

Is brain fever real Expert explains how severe infections and inflammation can affect the brain during high fever ...

A doctor caring for a boy who later died from meningitis has said she "deeply regrets" stopping antibiotic medication, an ...

Researchers believe this could be a first. Last month, a 100-year-old shark's body was found washed ashore near Newlyn Harbour in England. After studying the body, researchers believe that a brain ...