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The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued a new alert after two people recently died from a form of meningitis, and more cases than usual have also been reported in recent months.

The Chicago Health Department reported a meningitis outbreak that has killed two people this month.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

Florida is facing several disease outbreaks — COVID, monkeypox, dengue fever. But meningococcal disease is now on the minds of health experts, too. In a discussion with reporters, Dr. Ulyee Choe, ...

In the last two weeks, Chicago has had two deaths and at least seven cases of meningococcal disease in adults — a higher ...

What are the modes of transmission? Individuals can spread meningococcal infection via saliva and respiratory secretions. The incubation period of meningococcal infection is three to four days, with a ...

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Viral is the most common, but other types are more dangerous ...

I know firsthand what meningococcal meningitis can do to a body. I contracted it at 9 months old. I survived the illness and now live with severe scarring on my skin, along with amputation of some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new vaccine from Pfizer has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as the first shot of its kind to address multiple ...