• Re-learning the Basics

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 17, 2020

    Jamini Wright spoke out during Meningitis Awareness week for the charity Meningitis Research Foundation. Jamini experienced joint pain and repetitive vomiting in January 2020…


    Continue reading

  • Vaccines for Newborns

    Posted by Rose Kwett on June 16, 2020

    Health Minister Chris Fearne announced that a meningococcal meningitis vaccine will be administered for free to newborns in Malta and Gozo. The vaccine will…


    Continue reading

  • Back Home

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 7, 2020

    Luke Mortimer, a seven-year-old Skipton boy, lost his hands and legs to meningococcal meningitis A rugby player, he is back home after a five-month…


    Continue reading

  • Vaccine Approved

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 29, 2020

    US FDA approved MenQuadfi, the first quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine aged two years and above. The vaccine uses tetanus toxoid as a protein carrier and…


    Continue reading

  • World Meningitis Day is April 24

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 21, 2020

    Even though we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic devastating lives around the globe, awareness efforts on World Meningitis Day is still happening this April 24!


    Continue reading

  • Didn’t See

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 18, 2020

    A doctor who diagnosed Daniel Christopher Roulant, 22, a young Queenslander with a cold had no way of knowing he would die from meningitis six days later.


    Continue reading

  • Risky Behavior

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 8, 2020

    According to a recent study data, the risk for invasive fungal disease is higher among smokers. Annabelle Pourbaix, of the Necker-Pasteur Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine,…


    Continue reading

  • Trust Instincts

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 24, 2019

    Nova, Taylor Dougan’s five-month-old daughter, was showing signs of what they originally thought was teething. Nova hadn’t eaten for 13 hours & started vomiting,…


    Continue reading

  • Bad Headache

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 17, 2019

    Jessica Cain, 21 years old, from Gateshead, England, died suddenly after complaining of a headache before going to sleep. She was found unresponsive the…


    Continue reading

  • Courageous Paralympian

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 6, 2019

    Théo Curin races in the Men’s 200m Freestyle S5 Final on Day Two of the London 2019 World Para-swimming Championships where he claimed a bronze medal. His immediate focus…


    Continue reading