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Don’t Forget
Gabriel Lima Silva, 13 years old, died of meningitis after 23 days of hospitalization in the ICU of the University Hospital in Jundiaí, São Paulo.
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New Test
The GenomEra test system was developed and manufactured in Finland. Abacus Diagnostica, a Uniogen company is launching this new rapid PCR test. The automated test system can be…
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Vaccines Work
Paloma Pacheco, president and founder of ‘Una vida por Dakota, a non-profit institution that promotes disease prevention stated, “… vaccines play an important role in public health,…
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Florida Cases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported at least 24 cases of serious meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida. There were at least seven…
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Fatality Rate of Bacterial Meningitis
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) is leading an effort to ‘defeat meningitis by 2030’, to reduce cases of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis by 50 percent and…
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Cases Climb
Meningococcal disease cases continue to climb in Florida with 39 people infected in 15 counties since late May. Meningococcal disease is a bacterial infection…
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On Board
Actress and mother, Tiffani Thiessen joins acampaign, a collaboration between Sanofi and the National Meningitis Association (NMA). The public health initiative, It’s About Time: Help…
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Baby Stricken
A baby with the parents, siblings ages 9 and 10 are from a mining region inVenezuela but currently lives in a shelter in Boa Vista, Brazil.
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Opening Borders
During the pandemic when things were at a standstill with people staying at home & with borders closed, there was a drop in the rate of meningococcal…
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Safety Alert
The Florida Department of Health is recommending all college students in Leon County area receive a meningitis B vaccine. The health department confirmed…
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