Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Kevin Michael said the meningococcal disease can cause meningitis or a severe blood ...

The case is the first of the year in Mobile County. Meningococcal disease cases have been on the rise nationwide in recent ...

Infectious diseases that can cause meningitis and other serious conditions can spread easily in universities and colleges.

Approximately 1,300 Ohio State students might have been exposed to meningitis after a student tested positive for meningococcal disease last week. Kelli Newman, director of public affairs and ...

Ohio State is offering any students who were potentially exposed a single dose of the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin at the Wilce ...

Certain types of behaviors, such as marijuana smoking, cigarette smoking, disco attendance, and intimate kissing likely increase the risk of meningococcal disease through some of the mechanisms ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

Shayla Holloway -- the Distinguished Young Woman of Mobile County -- has been selected as the Distinguished Young Woman of ...

The Mobile County Health Department has confirmed a case of meningococcal disease -- the first case reported in the county ...