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Teen Outreach
Molly Ringwald teams up with the National Meningitis Association (NMA) for – the 16 Vaccine Initiative – to help parents and their teens in getting to know about…
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Bacteria Protection
The results of their study led by Professor Robert Read and Dr Jay Laver from the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Southampton, was…
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Double Transplant
Beyza Dogan, 24 year-old Turkish woman lost both of her arms and legs after contracted meningococcal meningitis while living in Cologne, Germany, four years ago.
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Don’t Procrastinate
Invercargill man Michael Moncur, then18-year-old in 2018, contracted meningococcal B. He was one of three students to fall ill with meningitis and doctors gave…
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Fighting for her life
A South Australian 21- year old woman became infected with meningococcal meningitis & is fighting for her life. The Adelaide woman is in intensive…
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Champion Passes
Nick Springer, 35 years old, contracted Meningococcal Meningitis at age 14 died suddenly on April 14. Nick had both legs amputated above the…
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Important Truths
Learn more about meningitis by joining the Sunday Times Connect webinar with Sanofi on Wednesday, April 21. World Meningitis Day is April 24 &…
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Courage Wins
Louise Duncan was only 17-year-old when she mentioned to a friend about her shoulder being sore and stiff. They attributed the symptoms from being…
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Staying Safe
Vaccines and vaccinations have protected people from many deadly diseases since small pox vaccine was first identified. Since then billions of people have been…
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Poverty connection
In New Zealand, the five main types of meningococcal disease are A, B, C, Y and W. About half of the cases is caused…
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