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.

Lily McGarry was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia, a serious and aggressive infection which led to life-changing ...

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

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 ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its vaccine recommendations for three critical diseases: meningococcal, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and chikungunya.

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).

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

In February 2010, a quadrivalent conjugate vaccine (Menveo; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics) was approved by the US FDA to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis ...

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