• Don’t Wait, Vaccinate!

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 7, 2018

    B.C.s Health officials are offering meningitis vaccinations in Okanagan region for students aged 15 to 19 after 12 people contracted meningococcal disease.


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  • Cultural adjustment

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 1, 2018

    Local vaccine manufacturer AJ Biologics Malaysia (AJB Malaysia) is collaborating with Hilleman Laboratories (HL) and AJ Vaccines (AJV) to develop in Malaysia, the world’s first animal component-free vaccine for…


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  • Protecting kids

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 23, 2018

    Western Australia is offering free meningococcal vaccines to young children. (more…)


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  • Don’t Forget

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 17, 2018

    Meningococcal meningitis is not the only disease that can be vaccine preventable. (more…)


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  • Good Move

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 10, 2018

    Jeri Brooks Greenwell, a parent who lost a son to meningococcal meningitis,  spoke in support of a bill that would require the Maine Department of Health and Human Services…


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  • No Problem

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 4, 2018

    Ghana was noted for the Meningococcal Type A strain, endemic in the Northern Meningitis Belt. They have managed the condition by routine vaccination exercises. Sporadic outbreaks in Ashanti, Bono Ahafo,…


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  • Cases Spike

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 30, 2017

    Interior Health, British Columbia confirmed 12th case of meningococcal disease. (more…)


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  • Parental Diagnosis

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 25, 2017

    A Western Australian woman died from meningococcal disease after she & parents thought she was only suffering from food poisoning. (more…)


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  • Safety Check

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 19, 2017

    Lars Østergaard, MD, PhD, of the clinical medicine and infectious diseases departments of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues reported in The New England Journal of Medicine  trial…


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  • Day Care cases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 13, 2017

    Two toddlers from Little Angels Day Nursery in Northfleet, Kent are currently in the hospital suffering from meningococcal disease. (more…)


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