Local pediatric experts have warned about the disease called Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD), especially among children.

A new study established a link between these common mouth bacteria and an increased dementia risk. Here's what to know about ...

Research suggests that the bacterial community residing in our mouths may potentially influencing the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...

Researchers found "exceedingly high" levels of gonococcal tetracycline resistance in 8 African and Asian countries.

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found ...

There have now been 279 measles cases identified in Texas since late January. Thirty-six people have been hospitalized, and ...

The parents of a "miracle boy" who died suddenly from a rare form of meningitis have said they are working to raise awareness of the disease. Four-year-old Jaxon Knowles died in Rotherham Hospital on ...

The State Department of Health reports two measles cases in Oklahoma. Why the agency says the patients aren't a public health ...

By NICK DAZANG For Kebbi State, it not only rains, it pours. Consider the catalogue of its woes: Like most states in the North, it is immersed in wanton and appalling poverty. Apart from boasting of ...

Penmenvy (meningococcal Groups A, B, C, W, and Y vaccine) Meningococcal vaccine For active immunization to prevent invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, W ...

Immune responses against serogroups A, C, W, and Y were noninferior between the MenABCWY and MenACWY-CRM vaccines in young adults and adolescents.