• Group Risk

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 28, 2022

    East Lansing Health officials are urging everyone who attended the fraternity party to be treated with an antibiotic due to a person testing positive for bacterial meningitis.


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  • Safe Vaccine

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 16, 2022

    Bacterial meningitis can kill within 24 hours. Before you even realize you’re infected, it’s already done serious damage. The fatality rate can be up to 12 percent,…


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  • High Mortality

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 8, 2021

    The Tshopo Provincial Health Division, in north central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak following reports of 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths due…


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  • Side Effects

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 20, 2019

    Lesley Hart wakes up every day thankful to still be alive after contracting bacterial meningitis. She looks fine on the outside but after nine years,…


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  • Student Dies

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 5, 2019

    A second-grade student at Saegert Elementary School, Killeen has died from bacterial meningitis. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services the student who died…


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  • Second Case

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 27, 2019

    A second student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick was hospitalized & diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The first student had serogroup B meningococcal disease (MenB)…


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  • Meningitis Season

    Posted by Rose Kwett on January 6, 2019

    Bacterial meningitis is a serious illness. It could kill an infected person in a matter of days if not treated promptly. There is a rise in the…


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  • Nose Drops

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 26, 2018

    UK doctors are testing nose drops that could help prevent meningitis. The nose drops are retained in the nose and prompts an immune response….


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  • Continental Contagion

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 17, 2016

    It’s a new year and more outbreaks of meningitis are occurring in the area of sub-Sharan Africa. This area of the world has a particularly frequency of meningitis cases every…


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