William Hand, 14, woke up unwell, and within hours, died from a rare bacterial infection that has sparked health officials to ...

Two Tasmanian women have been hospitalized with invasive meningococcal disease, bringing the number of cases nationally so ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The family of a 14-year-old student in Greenville says he passed away from a bacterial ...

A 14-year-old boy from South Carolina has died tragically from a rare yet aggressive type of bloodstream infection known as ...

A TEEN boy suddenly died after waking up with symptoms of fast-moving illness. William Hand, who was only 14 years old, was ...

A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their 14-year-old child after getting a rare but serious bacterial infection.

Since the rollout of the conjugate MenC vaccine in 2001 and the MenACWY in 2018, rates of invasive meningococcal disease have ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reports that there have been 12 cases of Neisseria meningitidis in the last ... “We call it a petechial rash because it looks like broken blood ...

the rash will stay there.” A spokesperson for DHEC says they don’t consider the cases they have seen an outbreak. “DPH investigates all reported cases of Neisseria meningitidis, looking for ...