The Latest Breaking News from Meningitis

The charity Meningitis Now has urged people to be aware of the warning signs.

Leading charity Meningitis Now has warned people not to be complacent after meningitis cases doubled in a year. There is also increasing concern bout the number of fatal cases of meningitis occurring in adults over the past three months.

Meningitis cases are back on the rise following the lifting of lockdown restrictions after the pandemic - with musician Jeff Beck dying of the illness last month

The figures indicate that nearly a third of MenB cases occurred in children under five

Mexican police detained a medical doctor and two others on Tuesday, all implicated in causing a meningitis outbreak in northern Mexico, after a surge of local cases in recent months led to the death of at least 35 women.

Health officials in Durango have recorded 79 cases in the last several months

Gareth Rowlands, 50, contracted meningitis which left him with irreparable brain damage

Doctors desperately tried to save Gareth Rowlands, 50, by placing him in an induced coma, but the damage to his brain was so severe that he was rendered 'incompatible with life'

State officials in northern Mexico on Monday reported another death caused by a mysterious meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number of victims linked to the disease to 35.