This headache can kill in 24 hours. Here's what doctors want you to knowA deadly bacterial meningitis can strike fast. Early signs like a stiff neck, a specific rash, and extreme light sensitivity demand urgent ...
20 Mar, 2026, 10.27 PM IST
Aussie cricket star Damien Martyn hospitalised for meningitis. Apollo doc explains how it can affect brain and even cause deathFormer cricketer Damien Martyn was hospitalized with meningitis, prompting a public health discussion. Neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar detaile...
01 Jan, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
Meningitis: Damien Martyn’s ICU battle reveals the deadly risks of this brain infection; Symptoms, causes, and treatmentDamien Martyn hospitalised: Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn is in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis. The 54-y...
31 Dec, 2025, 11.14 AM IST
Meningitis outbreak kills 30 in Kerala and Nigeria: Symptoms, high-risk groups, and causes of brain inflammationNigerian authorities confirm a meningitis outbreak in the northwest, causing 26 deaths over two months. Medical supplies and staff are in p...
12 Mar, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Abbott launches 14-valent pneumococcal vaccine for children in IndiaAbbott India launched PneumoShield 14, a pneumonia vaccine for children aged six weeks and older. This vaccine offers broader protection th...
27 Nov, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
U.S teenager paralyzed and on ventilator from West Nile Virus; is it life threatening, here's all you need to knowA West Nile virus infection has left 18-year-old John Procter VI in St. Louis County, Missouri, paraplegic and dependent on a ventilator. I...
30 Aug, 2024, 09.50 PM IST
Foreign Office issues warning over spread of bacterial infection in the UKThe UK and other countries are dealing with the outbreak of meningococcal disease after it was detected in some individuals returning from ...
26 Jun, 2024, 02.26 AM IST
Jeff Beck dies at age of 78. Check cause of death, British rock guitar legend's albumsJeff Beck, British rock guitar legend, has passed away. Here is what we know about the cause of death
12 Jan, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
TikToker Annie Niu pretends to be her dead twin every holiday. Here is why?TikToker Annie Niu released a video in which she disclosed that she pretended to be her dead twin to keep her grandparents unaware of her d...
29 Dec, 2022, 10.24 PM IST
Darius Campbell Danesh survived near-death experiences twice before his demise at 41. Check out the detailsAt the age of 41, Darius Campbell Danesh passed away. At the moment, the reason for his death remains unknown. Over the years, the former p...
19 Aug, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
CDC is investigating the outbreak of the meningococcal disease in gay and bisexuals in Florida, here's all you need to know about the diseaseAfter what is being described among the worst outbreaks, CDC is investigating the meningococcal disease in bisexual and gay men in Florida....
24 Jun, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
Newborn mortality: India 12th worst among low-income countriesPakistan is the worst with 45.6 newborn deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) which has, f...
20 Feb, 2018, 10.21 AM IST
- First fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identified
London, Oct 28 (IANS) Researchers have confirmed an unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in Sussex, as ...
28 Oct, 2016, 05.32 PM IST
Do not ban the pentavalent vaccineThe vaccine is designed to combat five childhood diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Hepatitis B, pneumonia and meningitis.
01 Oct, 2013, 08.46 AM IST
- Novartis gets US approval for meningitis vaccine
Novartis AG said that its meningitis vaccine Menveo has been approved for use in teenagers and adults by the US Food and Drug Administratio...
22 Feb, 2010, 05.25 PM IST
- 19 children die of meningitis in Mizoram
Meningitis has claimed the lives of at least 19 children in the villages of Southern Mizoram, where an equal number of kids have died of ga...
07 Mar, 2008, 07.24 PM IST
- 'Brain fever' outbreak at Commonwealth games village
Nine workers at the construction site of the 2010 Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi have caught meningitis in a new setback to India'...
04 Mar, 2008, 01.36 PM IST