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Trust Your Instincts
The theme for this year’s World Meningits Day is : “24 Hours — Trust Your Instincts.” (more…)
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Crisis Worsens
Nigeria has taken delivery of only 500,000 doses out of 1.3 million doses of vaccines for meningitis type C strain outbreak. (more…)
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Meningitis Drill
The meningitis drill event, which involves some 350 volunteers and emergency response partners includes a presentation by former Springfield resident and Paralympic Game gold medalist Nicholas Springer who contracted…
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Meningitis Hot Spot
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reports that there have been eight cases of meningococcal disease confirmed this year, including one death. Recent cases serve as reminder…
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State Acts Quickly
The death toll as a result of the meningitis epidemic in Sokoto State has now risen to 21. (more…)
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Berkeley Warning
With cases in previous years, the California Department of Public Health, California universities had a meningitis outbreak in November 2013, which resulted in up to four deaths. Local health…
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Doctor Dies
Dr John Spalding, 55, a practising GP for 27 years, woke up with a cold at 3am on December 23, 2014, after wrapping with presents with his wife, Di,…
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New Zealand case
A New Zealand teenager from Wairarapa College on the North Island escaped death without serious complications from meningitis earlier this month.
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West Africa hit!
The meningitis belt of West Africa has been hit again with an outbreak of this deadly disease. (more…)
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Santa Barbara hit again
This year a Santa Barbara City College student has been hospitalized with Type B meningococcal meningitis. (more…)
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