• Halifax University cases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 16, 2022

    Nova Scotia Public health officials are investigating the two cases of meningococcal meningitis from Dalhousie University in Halifax after one student died and another was recovering in…


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  • Death after Music Festival

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 7, 2022

    18-year-old Ally Behan from Manyana on NSW’s South Coast, Australia died of meningococcal disease after attending the popular ‘Spilt Milk’ music festival. She first…


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  • New Plymouth cases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 2, 2022

    Two under five years old cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The national public health service medical officer…


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  • Get Vaccinated!

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 27, 2022

    The Brazilian Society of Immunization (SBIM) and the Society of Pediatrics (SBP) recommends the use of meningococcal conjugate ACWY vaccine especially for children two months, adolescents., adults,…


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  • Vaccination Alert

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 17, 2022

    Teygan, 19 years old when he went to Manchester University to study Russian. He was excited to go because he will be the first one to go…


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  • French Outbreak

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 11, 2022

    Around 500 cases of Invasive Meningococcal Disease are diagnosed each year in France and usually presents as meningitis or septicemia. Meningococcus is frequently carried…


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  • Listen to your Gut!

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 1, 2022

    Blake, a 13-month-old had been sick with colds and other bugs on and off since starting daycare. His mother, a nurse, thought it was…


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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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  • Youth Dies

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 16, 2022

    The Department of Public Health Mid-West is investigating a ‘single case of confirmed meningococcal disease in Limerick’. Following the death of the youth, close…


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  • Herd Immunity

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 11, 2022

    Researchers from the University of Oxford reported findings from a large-scale study that examined the impact of the UK’s MenACWY vaccination program on the carriage of meningitis…


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