We recently created a simple, easy to understand video, explaining what meningitis is & what the signs & symptoms of the disease are. Meningitis can affect anyone, of any age, in any part of the UK, so please share this video. Watching it could help save a life. | Meningitis Now

A new study details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain’s protective layers — the meninges — and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly fatal disease. | Harvard Medical School