Meningococcal disease is an infection caused by a type of bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis. There are two types of meningococcal disease: meningococcal meningitis or meningococcal septicemia.

Meningococcal disease is uncommon, but can quickly become life-threatening if the bacterial infection gets into the ...

Health officials have urged pilgrims to get vaccinated against a potentially deadly infection after "recent cases among UK ...

For meningococcal vaccines, ACIP recommended that GSK's pentavalent vaccine (Penmenvy), designed to protect against A, B, C, ...

Coherent Market Insights published a report, titled, the global meningococcal vaccines market size is estimated to grow from ...

WA Health has reported four cases of meningococcal infection in the past week; three are serogroup B and typing is pending on the fourth.Two cases are ...

Penmenvy combines the antigenic components of Bexsero (meningococcal Group B vaccine) and Menveo (meningococcal Groups A, C, Y, and W-135 oligosaccharide diphtheria CRM197 conjugate vaccine).

In a disease outbreak update, the WHO said Saudi officials reported 11 confirmed cases of IMD on March 13. All 11 cases were ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to expand access to ...

GSK (GSK) announced that the US CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to recommend use of Penmvevy as part of the ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 14-0, with one abstention, on Wednesday to recommend that ...