Certain types of behaviors, such as marijuana smoking, cigarette smoking, disco attendance, and intimate kissing likely increase the risk of meningococcal disease through some of the mechanisms ...
Carol says she hopes Ashia’s death will also be a catalyst for re-examining whether free vaccinations against the deadly disease should be funded for all. Meningitis is caused by meningococcal ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About bacterial meningitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meningococcal vaccination. Hasbun R, Rosenthal N, Balada-Llasat JM, et al.
High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...
This three-part podcast series “Invasive Meningococcal Disease Prevention,” hosted by Hannah Moir leads a discussion with key experts Burkhard Lawrenz, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Irene Rivero Calle, and ...
Video: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard At a glance: Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though patients are born ...