A former Coventry High School student and Portage Lakes resident who made local headlines 32 years ago when she lost her legs from the knee down to meningitis will return to the Akron area on Monday ...

A schoolgirl lost both her legs and her right arm after suffering severe complications from meningitis—and her only visible symptom was a 'bruise'. Within 24 hours of telling her parents that she didn ...

McGarry, 23, thought she’d “sleep it off” — but it was meningitis, which quickly spiraled into a severe infection that caused two cardiac arrests and the life-threatening infection sepsis The ...

A young woman who nearly died when she became severely ill just a week after arriving at university is warning students to remain vigilant and get vaccinated against meningitis. Just 27 hours after ...

When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

The fatality rate of meningitis depends largely on the infection type and how quickly a person receives appropriate medical care. Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes or “meninges” ...

An "inspirational" boy who underwent a quadruple amputation after contracting meningitis has said he wants to continue "giving back" after winning a Pride of Britain Child of Courage award. Luke ...