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Toronto Outbreak
Toronto Public Health (TPH) has confirmed three individuals, ages 20-30 years old, of invasive bacterial meningococcal disease in Toronto. One of them has died.
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Vaccination Campaign
A vaccination campaign has just started in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region targeting populations at risk children aged 0 to 2 & young people aged 16…
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Australian Outbreak
The New South Wales Department of Health in Australia is urging parents and young people to be alert to symptoms of meningococcal disease due to 15 cases…
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Preventable Loss
Adam Mulchrone, 21 year old student from Westport, Co. attended football training but returned home because he had a headache and started to have a fever.
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Meningitis Facts
Meningitis refers to swelling in the membranes that surround your brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can be viral or bacterial and symptoms of meningitis…
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Don’t Forget
Gabriel Lima Silva, 13 years old, died of meningitis after 23 days of hospitalization in the ICU of the University Hospital in Jundiaí, São Paulo.
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New Test
The GenomEra test system was developed and manufactured in Finland. Abacus Diagnostica, a Uniogen company is launching this new rapid PCR test. The automated test system can be…
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Vaccines Work
Paloma Pacheco, president and founder of ‘Una vida por Dakota, a non-profit institution that promotes disease prevention stated, “… vaccines play an important role in public health,…
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Florida Cases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported at least 24 cases of serious meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida. There were at least seven…
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Fatality Rate of Bacterial Meningitis
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) is leading an effort to ‘defeat meningitis by 2030’, to reduce cases of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis by 50 percent and…
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