At 18, Sara Stelzer was in the prime of her life — a college freshman excited for her classes and being part of a sorority at San Diego State University — when she suddenly became very ill. She called ...

Meningococcal meningitis is a type of meningococcal disease.1 Meningococcal disease is a very serious, contagious infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis)—also known ...

The first clue Aracelly Bibl had that something was wrong with her 18-year-old son in February was when his girlfriend called at 8:23 p.m. and said he had a mysterious red rash all over his chest, a ...

Meningitis can be fatal, and there’s more than one strain of bacteria that can cause it. Learn how to spot the symptoms and how to protect your family. that's caused by the B serial type or strain of ...

President Obama often makes reference to how trying times can provide "teachable moments." The recent outbreak of bacterial meningitis on college campuses is such a moment, but don't expect the ...

Should your teenager get the relatively new meningitis B vaccine? With meningitis outbreaks at several universities that have proved deadly in recent years, including the 2014 death of a San Diego ...

Princeton University will make a meningitis B vaccine available to all undergraduate students, graduate students living in dorms or the Graduate College and annexes, and other university community ...

There are some things that make college great: living in dorms, going to parties and sharing everything with your close friends. It's those conditions that also make college students more prone than ...

Parents, take note! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine committee has expanded its recommendation for immunization against meningitis B, a rare but potentially deadly strain of ...

In February 2013 college student Emily Stillman died of meningitis. She was well-liked, smart, and healthy. And she had received her meningitis vaccine. What went wrong? Meningitis is an infection of ...