When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Meningitis can be contagious, and people with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable. Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation ...

Despite the advances in antibiotic treatments, ear infections can still lead to severe neurological complications such as hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis, and even life-threatening brain ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - According to Amy Phelps from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, the meningitis vaccine is for children in their pre-teens and teens. The vaccine is intended to help ...

The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, has taken over the responsibility for administering the meningitis vaccine for Bangladeshis travelling abroad. The DGHS says it will fix ...

The specialist stressed the importance of vaccination in preventing meningitis, a serious condition caused by inflammation of the protective ... He noted that while fatalities are relatively rare, the ...

The "Teen Mom OG" alum and daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin revealed on social media Wednesday that she's been struggling with a case of facial paralysis. "I woke up nine days ago ...

Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China Tuberculous meningitis ...

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Bristol Palin is detailing a scary experience with facial paralysis. Sarah Palin’s daughter, 34, opened up about the health ordeal and road to recovery via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.