Mysterious Meningitis Disease Outbreak in Mexico Affects Patients Subjected to Surgeries With Spinal Anesthesia; Death Toll Rises to 35

Medicine & Technology Feb 07, 2023

There is a meningitis disease outbreak in Mexico and it is linked to 35 deaths. Read on to know the full story.

Meningitis Causing Fungi Change its Shape to Enter the Brain

Sep 21, 2022

Researchers found out that the smallest specie of a fungi can enter the brain resulting to menigitis. Read on and know how dangerous the fungi is.

Giant Meningitis-Causing African Snails Has Been Spotted Again in Florida; Should People Worry?

Jul 02, 2022

State officials issued a quarantine order for residents of Florida's Pasco County this week due to the reemergence of an invasive African land snail. Read on to learn more about this parasite that causes meningitis.

Breakthrough Study Reveals How Meningitis Spreads Through Fungal Infection, Block and Damage Blood Vessels

Apr 22, 2022

A comprehensive study on meningitis showed how the condition is induced by a fungal infection. Read more about how meningitis is initiated by deadly microbes.

13Ft-Long Century-Old Greenland Shark Washed Up on Brit Beach, First of Its Kind to Die of Meningitis

Apr 09, 2022

The post-mortem of a century-old Greenland shark shows it died of meningitis, the first case ever recorded. Read more to know the details of its unusual death.

CBP Seizes 15 Giant Land Snails at Houston Airport, Saying These Could Cause a Rare Form of Meningitis

Jul 22, 2021

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 15 live giant land snails at Houston Airport from an airline passenger's luggage earlier this month.

'Harmless' Bacteria in Nose Drops Elicits Immune Response Against Deadly Brain Disease

Jul 14, 2021

Researchers in a study demonstrated that genetically modified friendly bacteria when mixed into nose drops could induce an immune response against a severe type of meningitis.

New Study Finds that PTSD Doubles Infection Risk

Oct 16, 2019

New research finds a link between post-traumatic stress disorder with physical health, particularly infection rates to common diseases.

Caramel Apples May Not Be So Sweet—Listeria Outbreak Across US

Dec 19, 2014

This holiday season you may want to steer clear of the sweets—or at least caramel apples. Though the caramel sweets are often an Autumn/Winter treat, health officials with the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are saying that they may be the link between a multi-state Listeria outbreak that has to date led to more than four deaths, and dozens of hospitalizations. Reporting this morning, Dec. 19, on the condition of the outbreak, the CDC says that at least 28 individuals spanning the states of Arizona, Texas and Minnesota have been infected and are facing the life-threatening illness.