According to editorialists, the study has the potential for major clinical impact, but more work is needed before guidelines ...

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

Visakhapatnam: Meningitis, also known as brain fever, is a serious vaccine preventable infection holding significant health concerns, particularly for children, said DV Priyanka, a ...

The tool's positive predictive value for invasive bacterial infections was 6.9% (95% CI 4.8%-9.9%). Its negative predictive value (NPV) reached 99.4% (95% CI 98.1%-99.8%), translating to a 0.6% chance ...

"I felt like there would be no fixing the amount of pain I was in," Megan Jones, from the U.K., told Newsweek.

An inquest has heard a "kind-hearted and caring" teenager was admitted to hospital with a suspected ear infection but later died from meningitis. Callum Hubbard, 14, died on 8 February 2014 at ...

With the NHS already battling an "unprecedented wave" of flu cases across the UK, a GP has warned Brits not to dismiss symptoms of more "serious" illnesses as cold or flu. The UK is currently ...

A simple combination of blood and urine tests may allow many infants with fevers (febrile) to safely avoid lumbar punctures (spinal taps), according to new findings from a major international study ...

New evidence from a six-country study led by the Montreal Children's Hospital and Children's National Hospital shows simple ...

Pop star Justin Timberlake's Lyme disease diagnosis, revealing severe nerve pain and fatigue, highlights the condition's ...

Health officials report flu activity has increased following recent dips, with RSV circulating at low to medium levels ...