Health officials in the U.K. are rushing to contain a deadly outbreak of a form of bacterial meningitis called by ...

A wave of bacterial meningitis has shaken southern England, raising fears of an outbreak on US soil. This week, Southern ...

The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".

Bacterial meningitis is once again in global headlines, with recent cases linked to the University of Otago in New Zealand and a fast-growing outbreak at the University of Kent in England.

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting that involves construction of spindles to carefully separate the DNA after ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

The meningitis outbreak in Kent, in southeastern England, is caused by a bacterial infection and is therefore contagious, contrary to a misleading Facebook post that gained traction on X claiming ...

Two people have died in a bacterial meningitis outbreak in the south of England. Here’s what you need to know.

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

Madonna's manager announced June 28 that she'd been hospitalized for a bacterial infection and in the intensive care unit, and that she'd be postponing her upcoming Celebration Tour, leading to ...