against the most deadly form of meningitis. Many hospitals were expected to have the use of a powerful new drug which could revolutionise the treatment of meningitis B and lead to a 70 per cent ...

Health officials have sounded an alarm following the confirmation of a potentially fatal strain of meningitis in the UK, with all recent instances connected to individuals travelling to Saudi Arabia.

Public health officials have sounded the alarm following the confirmation of a potentially fatal strain of meningitis in the UK. All recent instances were connected to travel to Saudi Arabia.

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a warning to travellers heading to Saudi Arabia for Umrah and the Hajj pilgrimages to ensure they are vaccinated against meningitis. The warning comes in ...

In a launch in Paris today at its global headquarters, healthcare company Sanofi announced that it is expanding its partnership with McLaren Racing to bring the fight against the deadly disease ...

NEW YORK, April 24 — Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and cuts to international aid, the United ...

Neisseria meningitidis is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis. It’s classified into 12 serogroups based on the composition of its polysaccharide capsule (a protective layer made of ...

QUEBEC — Technimount E.M.S. Holding Inc. (Technimount), a leading provider of mounting solutions for medical devices, is proud to introduce the Neonatal Transport Incubator Platform – FL ...

Recently, a new class of therapeutics that disable the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), which protects IgG from degradation, has emerged to treat IgG-mediated autoimmune disease. 4,5 Here, we review ...

For bacterial meningitis, first-line treatment may include antibiotics, which can cross the barrier of cells that protects the brain, called the blood-brain barrier. Other medications may also ...