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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club we want no one else to ever join. We started individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost a young, ...

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 ...