Meningitis kills a quarter million people a year, study estimates

PARIS, France — More than a quarter of a million people worldwide die from meningitis a year, a large new study estimated on Saturday, following a recent outbreak of the disease in the UK. Children accounted for a third of the deaths, many of which were in Africa, according to research that described itself as the most comprehensive global assessment of meningitis yet. The study, published in the journal Lancet Neurology, comes after meningitis made headlines when two people died during an outbreak believed to have spread at a nightclub in southeast England earlier this month. Meningitis is an inflammation of […]... Keep on reading: Meningitis kills a quarter million people a year, study estimates

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