The Latest Breaking News from Meningitis

The charity Meningitis Now has urged people to be aware of the warning signs.

Leading charity Meningitis Now has warned people not to be complacent after meningitis cases doubled in a year. There is also increasing concern bout the number of fatal cases of meningitis occurring in adults over the past three months.

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGE An 11-year-old Jordanian boy has passed away after contracting meningitis from a dog bite in the city's capital Amman

A Perth dad with his heart set on raising awareness of meningitis has thanked his local sponsor JBC Joiners for helping support a series of forthcoming athletic challenges.

Australia's health chief issued a public warning after encephalitis virus was detected at sites in flood-ravaged areas of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

The disease is an infection of the membrane protecting the brain and spinal cord caused by viruses

Meningitis cases are back on the rise following the lifting of lockdown restrictions after the pandemic - with musician Jeff Beck dying of the illness last month

The figures indicate that nearly a third of MenB cases occurred in children under five

Mexican police detained a medical doctor and two others on Tuesday, all implicated in causing a meningitis outbreak in northern Mexico, after a surge of local cases in recent months led to the death of at least 35 women.

Health officials in Durango have recorded 79 cases in the last several months

Gareth Rowlands, 50, contracted meningitis which left him with irreparable brain damage