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Rise of Meningococcal Cases
Cases of meningococcal disease started bumping up after the COVID restrictions returned to normalcy. Professor Robert Booy, an Infectious Diseases Paediatrician at the University…
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Road to Recovery
Toby was an active seven-year-old boy when he suddenly contracted bacterial meningitis a year ago. He became paralyzed, was unable to eat and lost…
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Warning Signs
The Department of Public Health Midwest are urging the public to be aware of the warning signs of meningococcal meningitis following the death of a teenager.
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Halifax University cases
Nova Scotia Public health officials are investigating the two cases of meningococcal meningitis from Dalhousie University in Halifax after one student died and another was recovering in…
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Death after Music Festival
18-year-old Ally Behan from Manyana on NSW’s South Coast, Australia died of meningococcal disease after attending the popular ‘Spilt Milk’ music festival. She first…
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New Plymouth cases
Two under five years old cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The national public health service medical officer…
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Get Vaccinated!
The Brazilian Society of Immunization (SBIM) and the Society of Pediatrics (SBP) recommends the use of meningococcal conjugate ACWY vaccine especially for children two months, adolescents., adults,…
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Vaccination Alert
Teygan, 19 years old when he went to Manchester University to study Russian. He was excited to go because he will be the first one to go…
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French Outbreak
Around 500 cases of Invasive Meningococcal Disease are diagnosed each year in France and usually presents as meningitis or septicemia. Meningococcus is frequently carried…
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Listen to your Gut!
Blake, a 13-month-old had been sick with colds and other bugs on and off since starting daycare. His mother, a nurse, thought it was…
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