• Brush with Death!

    Posted by makinfo on January 4, 2024

    Lachy Wright, 18-year-old Frankston teenager almost died when he contracted the B strain of the meningococcal disease. His mild symptoms progressed quickly and within…


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  • At Risk

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 25, 2022

    Gerard Rushton, The Meningitis Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand spokesperson, lost their 16-year-old daughter Courtenay to meningococcal disease in 2014. He is urging university students…


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  • Scheduled Vaccinations

    Posted by Rose Kwett on August 17, 2019

    The bacterium that causes meningococcal disease, Neisseria Meningitidis, has 5 serogroups, A, B, C, W, and Y. There 2 types of vaccinations: one that…


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  • Louisville Blues

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 11, 2019

    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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  • Too Late

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 20, 2019

    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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  • Policy Change

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 9, 2019

    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

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 8, 2019

    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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  • Back to School Vaccinations

    Posted by Rose Kwett on August 17, 2018

    Vaccinations are both helpful in preventing your students in getting the disease aa well as from spreading it to others. (more…)


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