Fungal meningitis is a rare fungal infection. It causes inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. It’s very serious and possibly life threatening, but getting early treatment can significantly ...

And while this thing may have “fun” in its name, fungal meningitis is anything but. Two of these people who had traveled from the U.S. have already died, most likely from this bad, bad infection.

In the last month, three people in Texas have died from fungal meningitis, bringing the death toll in the state to 11. A Houston mother who lost her daughter to the infection is hoping to send a ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville mother is being mourned after she died battling fungal meningitis she contracted at a Matamoros clinic. Crystal Villegas died Sunday afternoon ...

Bacterial meningitis, in particular, may spread in congested settings, such as college dorms. People with weakened immune systems may be more susceptible to fungal infections that cause meningitis.

Fungal meningitis, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious. One of the dead in Tennessee, 80-year-old Reba Temple, was a former health director for rural Hickman County.

If not treated early, this culprit can be dangerous. Infectious meningitis can take many forms-- viral, fungal, and bacterial, which can be the deadliest. But how does it make its attack on your ...

US pharmaceutical company, the New England Compounding Center (NECC), is being investigated after a suggested link to a multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak in the US. The NECC was raided after ...

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One particularly lethal fungal infection is cryptococcal meningitis. The fungus is concentrated in pigeon droppings and found across the world. It infects people when breathed in. Normally, the immune ...

FDA investigators said on Oct. 5, they had observed fungal contamination by direct ... received the injections have had strokes related to meningitis. In several patients, the meningitis was ...

Since January 2023, the CDC has identified 14 suspected, 11 probable, and two confirmed US cases of fungal meningitis that have been linked to cosmetic procedures performed in Mexico. The agency ...