The MRF Blog

Dr Fiona McGill answers one of our most frequently asked questions.

Professor James Stuart explains how meningitis travels between people.

As winter hits, we get asked a lot about why the number of people getting meningitis increases over this time of year here in the UK and Ireland.

What is sepsis? What is septicaemia? Are they the same? Our Director of Communications explains.

Prof. Dominique Caugant tells us about cutting edge sequencing technology that’s being used to trace a killer.

Currently, a lumbar puncture is the only way to confirm a case of meningitis. Our Support and Membership Manager explains the procedure.

The rash does not always appears in cases of meningitis, and the word ‘rash’ itself may be misleading. So, what actually is it?

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in newborn babies. The GBS3 trial hopes to help combat this infection.

In this guest post from PATH, Dr Mark Alderson explains how PATH are innovating to help defeat meningitis.

Vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions in history, saving billions of lives since the first vaccine was produced in 1798. So how exactly do they work?

Vaccine hesitancy is one of the biggest threats to global health. But why does it happen?

On March 11th, WHO officially declared the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 a 'pandemic'. What does this mean?

The world of prosthetic limbs is changing fast. Erin Gilbert, our Community Fundraiser, looks into the latest developments aiming to improve the lives of amputees throughout the world, and explains how Meningitis Research Foundation can help those who've lost limbs to meningitis and septicaemia.

MRF investigates the impact of social media on meningitis survivors.

MRF Information and Support Officer, Katherine Carter reports on our latest family day for those affected by meningitis and septicaemia

As the outbreak of coronavirus continues, CEO Vinny reflects on how this may impact our work.

Our work directly helped to HALVE cases of deadly MenW meningitis in the UK, saving countless lives. Here's how we did it.

We've invested nearly £20 million into meningitis research since 1989. Now, we're looking back at our most incredible achievements so far.

Meningitis is a deadly and complicated disease - so is it actually possible to truly "defeat" it? Find out here.

Will Storey is taking on an ultramathon all the way from Ullapool to Skye Bridge, in aid of MRF. In his own words, Will explains why he’s taking on this challenge.

Esther, Events Manager, tells us what she's learned about running for TeamMRF in her five years at the charity.

Chloe Milloy takes us behind the scenes at Superhero Tri, with MRF as a proud Charity Partner.