This article could save your life. Meg Stannett breaks down the difference between freshers' flu and meningitis, how to recognise the symptoms, and when to get help.

"Our results show that fever and petechial rashes are still essential warning signs associated with higher rates of sepsis and meningitis than in other febrile children."—Kohlmaier et al., Acta ...

NHS bosses have issued an urgent warning as they urge people to see their GP in certain circumstances. Health officials took ...

The goal of this study was to determine whether patients who develop meningococcal disease exhibit a consistent set of clinical symptoms. The more classic symptoms -- ie, hemorrhagic rash, meningismus ...

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Results from a clinical trial have shown that a pH-balanced form of vitamin C, sodium ascorbate, is effective in treating sepsis, which claims 270,000 American adult lives every year. “Sepsis accounts ...

Pope Francis, 88, battling double pneumonia and a severe lung infection, was said to be in a "critical condition" on Saturday after suffering from a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, the Vatican ...