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No Problem
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, Central Eastern and Northern Regions have raised fears with a number of meningitis-related fatalities have occurred in some Senior High Schools nationwide in the last […]
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Cases Spike
Interior Health, British Columbia confirmed 12th case of meningococcal disease.
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Parental Diagnosis
A Western Australian woman died from meningococcal disease after she & parents thought she was only suffering from food poisoning.
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Safety Check
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 studies on Trumenba, a bivalent meningococcal B vaccine.
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Day Care cases
Two toddlers from Little Angels Day Nursery in Northfleet, Kent are currently in the hospital suffering from meningococcal disease.
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Vaccinations Protect
The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) and medical practitioners held a Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Disease Summit (PMDS) backed by a global research-based pharmaceutical leader Pfizer since 2015.
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Be Alert!
Scottsboro Junior High in Jackson County, Alabama has one case Neisseria meningitides.
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Canadian Case
Two students affected with meningococcal disease @.South Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver was confirmed by the Interior Health and that there may be a potential third case.
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