• Vaccine-preventable diseases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 4, 2020

    Scientists are working diligently to come up with a vaccine to prevent the continuation of COVID-19 pandemic. There are many diseases though that we…


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  • 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.


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  • Tragic Loss

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 10, 2020

    Everett Halikas, an Arcata High School athlete was rushed to UCSF and died of a form of bacterial meningitis. Dr. Teresa Frankovich, Humboldt County’s…


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  • Protect Preteens

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 7, 2020

    Lowndes County Health Department is joining the Georgia Department of Public Health in recognizing March 9-13 as Georgia Preteen Vaccine Awareness Week in an effort to keep…


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  • Hospital Failure

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 3, 2020

    Lewys Crawford’s temperature remained high so his parents decided to take him straight to the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff. Clinicians failed…


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  • Life Lost

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 26, 2020

    The University of Canterbury community is mourning the tragic death of a student from meningococcal disease. Canterbury DHB medical officer of health, Dr Ramon Pink…


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  • School Alert

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 18, 2020

    Ashton-on-Mersey secondary school issued a warning to parents after a student was struck down with meningococcal disease. Public Health England say the bacterial infection…


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  • Vaccination Update

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 6, 2020

    To best protect children & teenagers at different stages of their development from preventable diseases, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released an immunization timetable to outline when and…


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  • Cases Drop

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 24, 2020

    Two independent meningitis B studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The first study from the UK first national infant immunisation programme with…


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  • New Protocol

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 21, 2020

    A new law taking effect this September designed to protect New Jersey college students against meningitis outbreaks were signed by legislators. The legislation, revises the requirement for…


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