Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 18, Sara Stelzer was in the prime of her life — a college freshman excited for her classes and being part of a sorority at San ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 18, Sara Stelzer was in the prime of her life — a college freshman excited for her classes and being part of a sorority at San ...

The meningitis B vaccine is a shot that’s designed to protect you from developing this illness. Meningitis B is a serious bacterial infection that affects the lining of your brain and spinal cord. It ...

Meningococcal meningitis is a type of meningococcal disease.1 Meningococcal disease is a very serious, contagious infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis)—also known ...

The first clue Aracelly Bibl had that something was wrong with her 18-year-old son in February was when his girlfriend called at 8:23 p.m. and said he had a mysterious red rash all over his chest, a ...

Meningitis can be fatal, and there’s more than one strain of bacteria that can cause it. Learn how to spot the symptoms and how to protect your family. that's caused by the B serial type or strain of ...

A two-dose vaccine against a common strain of meningitis should be added to college students' back-to-school lists, many doctors say. Another vaccine has been available since 2005 to protect against ...

In February 2013 college student Emily Stillman died of meningitis. She was well-liked, smart, and healthy. And she had received her meningitis vaccine. What went wrong? Meningitis is an infection of ...

There are some things that make college great: living in dorms, going to parties and sharing everything with your close friends. It's those conditions that also make college students more prone than ...

As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club we want no one else to ever join. We started individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost a young, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine against meningitis B Wednesday, opening a way for college students to be protected against a strain of bacteria that’s killed six ...