Why aren’t meningococcal vaccines recommended for people over the age of 23? Are they assuming (wrongly) that most people ...

The CDC has revised childhood vaccine recommendations after a Trump administration review, with local Waco parents sharing ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis. Though rare, meningococcal disease -- caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis-- remains ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that it has updated its recommended vaccine schedule for children, reducing the number of immunizations all kids should receive from ...

Andy Marso is only one person who almost lost their lives to the preventable disease. This new guidance puts an unbearable burden on parents and doctors. (Star file photo) There are very few diseases ...

The array of vaccines that have become widely available to help protect kids against meningitis in recent decades has shifted the epidemiology of the disease. Perhaps the most stark change is evident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Registered nurse Reisa Lancaster, left, administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Children's National Hospital's research ...

Rino Rappuoli, global head of vaccines research for Novartis Vaccine and Diagnostics, posed the possibility of a meningitis-free world in a lecture last Thursday. Rappuoli, developer of the Bexsero ...

Longtime Kansas City Star health care reporter Andy Marso almost lost his life to the preventable disease. This puts an ...