These bacteria infect the lining of the brain and spinal cord and cause swelling. Meningococcal bacteria also cause septicemia, a life-threatening blood infection. Meningitis and septicemia are ...

Even people familiar with meningococcal disease are astonished at the rapidity with which this rare though deadly illness can ravage the body. Within hours, patients can go from perfectly healthy ...

In February 2010, a quadrivalent conjugate vaccine (Menveo; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics) was approved by the US FDA to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis ...

During its September 2024 meeting, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave the go-ahead for Penbraya (Pfizer) — meningococcal groups A ...

The FDA has started a review of GSK’s five-in-one meningococcal vaccine, cueing up a decision in mid-February next year, as it tries to chase down a rival candidate from Pfizer cleared last year.

Background: Given the broad age range across which the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine MenACWY-CRM is used, coadministration with routine vaccines should be evaluated across age ...

Covered in purple, blotchy-looking skin sores, the boy has been sedated and administered heavy doses of antibiotics by doctors while tests have been ordered to confirm a meningococcal septicaemia ...

Health authorities are working to control a "major outbreak" of the potentially deadly meningococcal B disease after the third case in three weeks in Far North Queensland. Queensland Health said a ...

Acting director Tropical Public Health Services Dr Paul Dugdale has provided an update on a Cairns meningococcal outbreak. Picture: Peter Carruthers Immunisation is being provided to prevent ...

(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) | Getty Images Dr Shamez Ladhani, Consultant Epidemiologist at UKHSA, said: “We usually see increases in cases of meningococcal meningitis after the ...

Two children have been diagnosed with meningococcal B in Far North Queensland, with one in intensive care. Authorities say the two patients are "contacts of contacts" and an outbreak response is ...