Tag: Bacterial

Japan reports record spike in potentially deadly bacterial infection

Cases of a dangerous and highly fatal bacterial infection have reached record levels in Japan, official figures show, with experts so far unable to pinpoint the reason for the rise. As of June 2, Japan’s Health Ministry had recorded 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), which has a mortality rate of up to […]

Autopsy report confirms 11-year-old Volusia County student died of bacterial meningitis

Bacterial meningitis caused the death of an 11-year-old student at Burns Science and Technology Charter School in Oak Hill in February, according to an autopsy report from the Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office released to The News-Journal on Tuesday. Bacterial meningitis is contagious and can be fatal. The bacteria, neisseria meningitidis, causes meningococcal meningitis, according to […]