• Meningitis is an Emergency

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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


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