The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended Novartis’ meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero, for approval for use in patients aged 2 months or older.

A third type of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae is now preventable with the Haemophilus influenzae b vaccine and is rare in the United States. Those most at risk are usually ...

GlaxoSmithKline recently held a high-level scientific conference in conjunction with the launch of “Bexsero,” the first ...

Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 ...

particularly serogroup B, have recently been identified, promoting new sources of infection. Sometimes late detection: meningitis manifests itself through symptoms that are often not very specific ...

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country.

In a significant public health milestone, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first global guidelines for the ...

Meningitis can be caused by bacterial or viral infections. Falguière et al. evaluate serogroup B meningococcal strain coverage before large vaccine use in France. Genotypic methods found changes ...

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