Meningitis is an infection that causes the thin layers of the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord to become inflamed, explains Dr. Rodrigo Hasbun, an infectious diseases professor at ...

Ruvimbo Kaviya, a mother of three, had a meningioma removed from the space beneath her brain and behind her eyes. Previously, many of these tumours were considered inoperable due to their location ...

Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation or infection of the meninges, the protective layers of tissue between the brain and the skull.