When you’re pregnant or caring for a baby, it can feel like there’s a new health worry around every corner and meningitis is one of those words that understandably stops parents in their tracks. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government has announced a 'targeted' vaccine rollout for students in Kent, as ITV News' Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry ...

Epilepsy in early childhood was significantly elevated among those infected in early infancy with invasive Group B Streptococcus (iGBS) meningitis, but not in those with iGBS sepsis, according to a ...

Researchers in Norway studied rates of fatalities and long-term neurodevelopmental disorders among 866 infants diagnosed with GBS infection. Children with GBS meningitis died at higher rates than ...

Over a dozen people are seriously unwell in hospital and two people have died from an outbreak of meningitis in the UK, according to reports from the UK Health Security Agency. It's believed that the ...

An outbreak of meningitis B is currently dominating the news in the United Kingdom, described as “unprecedented” by the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency. The infectious disease has led ...

Health chiefs are investigating 29 cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent following an "explosive" outbreak that has left two dead. The fatal outbreak of meningitis B has spread to a second ...