Meningococcemia is a severe form of blood poisoning that affects the entire body. It is also called meningococcal septicemia. The hallmark sign of meningococcemia is a rash that does not fade under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An emergency room for babies has opened at the Safra Children Meningococcus is a relatively rare but especially aggressive disease ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - The University of Oregon is facing an outbreak of potentially deadly meningococcemia infections, with three students diagnosed with the condition in less than a month, ...

CEBU, Philippines - Meningococcemia is a bloodstream infection caused by a highly contagious bacterium that is spread from person to person via respiratory secretions. Initial symptoms include fever, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. When it comes to meningococcemia, it's better to be safe than sorry. Although the disease is not highly contagious, ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 169 cases of meningococcemia so far this year, a four-percent increase from ...

Meningococcemia is back in the news after it reportedly claimed the life of a woman in Pasay City and that of a young girl in Davao City. The cases are not a cause for alarm but the Infection Control ...

JACLYN thought her 5-year-old daughter, Gina, just had flu when she accompanied her to sleep. She was wrong. Gina was much sicker the following day. She went from being fussy to unnaturally quiet, ...

South Carolina is grieving the sudden and tragic loss of 14‑year‑old William 'Will' Hand—an eighth-standard student and an athlete—who died in early June of rare bacterial infection known as ...

Although the disease is not highly contagious, the Department of Health (DOH) warned that meningococcal meningitis can kill in a matter of hours. The DOH said that meningococcemia, caused by the ...

A health clinic in Miag-ao town, Province of Iloilo was closed temporarily for suspected meningococcemia case. According to the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO), a 58-year-old male patient died ...

Meningococcus is a relatively rare but especially aggressive disease. The risk for the disease is especially high in infants, toddlers, adolescents, and young adults living in crowded conditions. A ...