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Spokane Case
A case of meningococcal meningitis is being investigated by the Spokane County health officials in Sacajawea Middle School involving a female student. Dr. Bob Lutz, SRHD…
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Sneaky Killer
Montreal’s Marianopolis College student died after her 18th birthday celebration of meningococcal infection. She got sick her birthday party and had to leave the event…
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“Fake” Vaccine
Niger health authorities said, “they had found a fake version of a meningitis vaccine after launching a vaccination campaign to inoculate 5 million children against the disease”.
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Louisville Blues
An undergraduate student of the University of Louisville (UofL) has been diagnosed and hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis. The student is in good condition, resides…
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Community Effort
Many families in the Hikurangi community were on high alert after the death of a local girl of meningococcal W last year. Many people could…
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Second Case
A second student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick was hospitalized & diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The first student had serogroup B meningococcal disease (MenB)…
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Too Late
Alexis Albert died in July after contracting meningococcal disease six days after she celebrated her seventh birthday. Her mother Rowshae said, “I was actually quite…
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Don’t Give Up
In November 2008, Jamie was hanging with friends on campus in Austin, Texas but 14 hours later ended up in the emergency room after she developed flu-like symptoms.
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Policy Change
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is going through regulatory steps for a potential change. First, the meningococcal vaccine may soon join the…
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Bad Trip
Patryk Jarczak, 18, fell ill just a day after arriving in the Emirates on a week-long trip with his parents and eight-year-old brother from Poland. Patrick…
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