The viruses that cause viral meningitis are contagious, but most people who contract these viruses will not go on to develop aseptic meningitis. Meningitis of any type can cause severe distress ...

In a concerning turn of events, multiple cases of viral meningitis have been reported in Kolkata, sparking fear among residents and health authorities. A group of schoolchildren in the city was ...

meningitis isn’t usually as contagious as other viral illnesses. You can catch meningitis through prolonged close contact ...

No vaccines are available to protect against nonpolio enteroviruses, by far the most common cause of viral meningitis. But vaccines can prevent other meningitis-causing viruses. The CDC recommends ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aiming to speed up detection, ensure timely treatment, and ...

to open up the hospital’s empty wing to contagious cases. Deaths from meningitis in Mobile have been estimated at 25%. (Army & Navy rate: about 3%.) Mobile doctors blame lack of hospital care at ...

The health authorities in Ernakulam have stepped up surveillance after five more children sought medical treatment for suspected cases of viral meningitis. With this, a total of nine children have ...

Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern r ...

The students belong to classes 1 and 2 of a private school in Kalamassery area of Kochi and have been admitted to different private hospitals in the city. “We have realised that it’s a viral ...

One of the five students of a private school at Kalamassery admitted after showing symptoms of viral meningitis has only viral fever, confirmed district health authorities. District Medical ...

These viruses are by far the most common cause of viral meningitis, as well as other, milder illnesses. Enteroviruses are spread by direct contact with a sick person or by contaminated surfaces.