Medically reviewed by Sameena Zahoor, MDMedically reviewed by Sameena Zahoor, MD The meninges of the brain and spinal cord are three layers of membranes: the dura mater, arachnoid mater ...

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

The brain, the command center to your entire nervous system. And yet the tiniest of germs can bring this complex organ to a halt. Meningitis is caused by germs that can do just that-- an infection ...

When it attacks the tissues, or meninges, of the brain and spinal cord it's called meningitis. Nancy Ford Springer The child may be vomiting, may have a headache, may have high fever, may have a ...

Kaviya was diagnosed with several meningiomas (tumors that grow in the meninges, the protective layers of the brain) in 2023, ...

In meningitis, the bacteria attack the lining around the brain called the meninges. They breach the meninges to infect the fluid running into the spinal cord. One clear, early symptom is a stiff ...

In 2015, two studies in mice provided evidence that the brain does in fact have a traditional lymphatic system in the outermost layer of the meninges—the coverings that protect the brain and help keep ...

Bacterial meningitis, often fatal if untreated, leads to inflammation around the brain and may cause severe complications like hearing loss, paralysis, or death. It spreads through close contact ...

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has advised that the product information for ...