• Vaccination Alert

      The University of Oregon sent everyone in the student body an alert that a case of meningitis had broken out on the campus. 

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  • Misdiagnosed

    Meningococcal meningitis is so stealthy that even medical professionals sometimes misdiagnose the disease and fail to treat its victims until it is too late.

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  • That time of year

    Along all the holiday planning and cheer, the holiday season is an important time to make certain that everyone in your family is protected from meningitis.

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  • Australia hit hard

    Meningitis is one of the trickiest diseases in the world.

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  • Don’t Forget B

    Meningitis outbreaks have become a reality for many colleges across the United States.

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  • Blood-Brain Barrier

    Medicine and scientific discovery is amazing.

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  • Meningitis can be stopped

    Tireless Frankie Milley of Meningitis Angels travels the country with the message that meningitis is a deadly disease that can be stopped if people vaccinate their children.

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  • Healthy Haj

    Every year in Saudi Arabia, millions of people from throughout the world make a pilgrimage to the holy muslin city of Mecca. (Dr. Majid Alshamrani, ED of infection prevention and control program at the Ministry of National Guard)

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  • Rapid Test Results

    An international team of researchers led by Imperial College London stated that a cheap pin-prick blood test to accurately identify bacterial infections in less than one hour could be developed within five years.

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  • Cases drastically increase

    Cases of W bacterial Meningococcal Meningitis (Men W) have increased by a factor of almost 10X in the United Kingdom in the last 5 years.

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