Medrano passed away from fungal meningitis on May 16. Their surgeon, Dr. Luis Manuel Rivera De Anda, also operated on Lauren Robinson, a 29-year-old Texan mom-of-four who died in May .

Johnny “Blaze” Tapia is getting back in the boxing ring after losing his wife due to fungal meningitis. His wife, Crystal ...

The Center for Disease Control says a fungal meningitis outbreak has ties to medical facilities in Mexico. Officials estimate nearly 200 Americans may have been exposed to the disease while ...

Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment options for the different types of meningitis. This article is based on reporting that features expert sources. Meningitis Advice Meningitis ...

Encephalitis and meningitis are inflammatory conditions. However, encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, while meningitis is inflammation of the membranes protecting the brain and spinal cord.

HOUSTON — In the last month, three people in Texas have died from fungal meningitis, bringing the death toll in the state to 11. A Houston mother who lost her daughter to the infection is hoping ...

Fungal meningitis, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious. One of the dead in Tennessee, 80-year-old Reba Temple, was a former health director for rural Hickman County.

Meningitis and parameningeal infections are extremely rare complications of epidural injection, with few cases reported. [1–3] Most often these infections are bacterial; rarely is a postepidural ...

Most of the patients are Black or African American between ages 30 and 60. Health officials in Virginia have announced the state is experiencing an outbreak of rare, but serious meningococcal disease.

Allen J. Aksamit, M.D. This brief review references previous knowledge of chronic meningitis and introduces current approaches to the disorder. It considers entities involving the leptomeninges or ...

Meningitis is an infection that affects the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord and can be very serious. The meningococcal vaccines protect against meningococcal meningitis. Some people ...