• Meningitis is an Emergency

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 11, 2024

    A19-year-old student in the first year of medicine at the Catholic University of Lille, France died after being infected with meningococcal bacteria. She was…


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  • New Vaccine

    Posted by makinfo on May 25, 2023

    The trial with the new pentavalent vaccine NmCV-5 found no safety concerns with NmCV-5. It induces a strong immune response across five strains of meningococcal bacteria: A, C,…


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  • Powerful Protein

    Posted by Rose Kwett on June 7, 2020

    University of Würzburg researchers found in a new study that a tiny protein plays a crucial role in the activation of genes in the meningococci bacteria that…


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  • Two Shots

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 30, 2019

    It takes two different types of vaccines to help protect against the five vaccine-preventable types of meningococcal bacteria — A, B, C, W and Y.


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  • Northland Outbreak

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 3, 2019

    Shona Whitehead led a fundraising effort to raise funds for the meningococcal vaccine @ Northland’s Hikurangi Primary School. The free vaccination programme to control the…


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  • Deadly Season

    Posted by Rose Kwett on December 13, 2018

    Meningococcal bacteria that causes the infection can enter the body more easily through the nose and throat during cold and flu season. The bacteria can…


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  • Vaccination Required

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 29, 2018

    All schoolchildren entering seventh grade and before starting 12th grade in Maine must now be immunized against meningococcal infections. (more…)


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