Tasmania’s three recent cases of meningococcal B disease have heightened the attention paid to the infection, which is caused by Neisseria meningitides bacteria.

A life-saving meningococcal vaccine covering all five common strains of the deadly disease could soon be available thanks to vital research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of a combination ...

A vaccination campaign against meningococcal B bacteria has been launched in the Chambéry and Lyon-East regions of France. This campaign follows an increase in cases of infection since June 2022 with ...

As a medical researcher and parent of two teenagers there is one bug, Neisseria meningitidis, that really scares me. This is mainly because of the speed and severity of the infection it causes, called ...

MenQuadfi was designed to elicit and demonstrated a high immune response across all four serogroups for multiple ages and was well tolerated. MenQuadfi is intended to protect an expanded age group.

Parents and doctors alike fear meningococcal infection, which has been in the news again. Doctors never want to miss a diagnosis, as early treatment with antibiotics may be life-saving. Parents fear ...

Young children in Western Australia will receive free meningococcal vaccines after six deaths from the disease were reported in the state last year, but there is a push for the program to be expanded ...

Three children in far north Queensland have recently become unwell with meningococcal disease, a life-threatening infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Meanwhile, an adult and a ...

A man in his 40s from metropolitan Adelaide has been diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease serogroup B and a woman in her 40s from ...