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That time of year
Along all the holiday planning and cheer, the holiday season is an important time to make certain that everyone in your family is protected from meningitis.
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Don’t Forget B
Meningitis outbreaks have become a reality for many colleges across the United States.
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Be Careful
Meningococcal Meningitis is contagious, but only through very close personal contact.
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Meningitis can be stopped
Tireless Frankie Milley of Meningitis Angels travels the country with the message that meningitis is a deadly disease that can be stopped if people vaccinate their children.
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Healthy Haj
Every year in Saudi Arabia, millions of people from throughout the world make a pilgrimage to the holy muslin city of Mecca. (Dr. Majid Alshamrani, ED of infection prevention and control program at the Ministry of National Guard)
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Meningitis B Vaccine
There is now an effective and approved vaccination for meningitis B.
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Rapid Test Results
An international team of researchers led by Imperial College London stated that a cheap pin-prick blood test to accurately identify bacterial infections in less than one hour could be developed within five years.
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Cases drastically increase
Cases of W bacterial Meningococcal Meningitis (Men W) have increased by a factor of almost 10X in the United Kingdom in the last 5 years.
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