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NEW Zealand launches mass vaccination program to combat meningitis ...
Canada.com - Canada
... Zealand (AP) - New Zealand will launch a mass immunization program
next month, targeting 1.5 million young people in a bid to combat a meningitis
B outbreak ...
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=39E041E3-665D-45DF-BD1C-ED2AE407EB73

November 2004 News

UNC student with meningitis still in serious condition
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
CHAPEL HILL -- A UNC freshman suffering from bacterial meningitis remained in serious condition Saturday at UNC Hospitals, a spokeswoman said. ...
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OSU Student Battles Bacterial Meningitis
WBNS - Colombus,OH,USA
... at Riverside say if it hadn't been for Stacey Truka's quick thinking in getting her friend to the hospital, he might not have survived bacterial meningitis. ...
 

Scituate man, 19, dies of meningitis
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
BY SETH McLAUGHLIN. SCITUATE -- A 2003 graduate of Scituate High School died in Boston this week from bacterial meningitis. James ...
 

Local teen contracts meningitis
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,United States
DOVER -- A teenager from the "Dover area" has been hospitalized with bacterial meningitis, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. ...
 

College student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
A health warning was issued on two North Carolina college campuses after a student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The ...
 

Hundreds treated after college student diagnosed with meningitis
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC -- Hundreds of college students in the Triangle area have been treated for antibiotics in a bacterial meningitis scare. ...
 

Officials confirm UTEP student has bacterial meningitis
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
A student at the University of Texas at El Paso has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a sometimes deadly illness that has put city-county health ...
 

College Students To Get Antibiotics After Meningitis Outbreak
NBC 17.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC -- Health workers on two local campuses will offer antibiotics to students who might have been exposed to meningitis. ...
 

Benefit helps man with meningitis
St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud,MN,USA
... Cloud native who is recovering from bacterial meningitis. ... Bacterial meningitis is generally much more serious than viral meningitis. ...
 

Dover teen treated for bacterial meningitis
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
A Dover area teen contracted bacterial meningitis and remains hospitalized in serious condition, the state's epidemiologist said yesterday. ...
 

Meningitis Confirmed At UTEP Campus
KFOXtv.com - El Paso,TX,USA
They're also warning students to get their Meningitis vaccine as soon as possible. ... No one knew what was wrong until Mondays Meningitis diagnosis. ...

 

Tributes for teen meningitis victim
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,United Kingdom
HEALTH experts believe they have identified everyone who may have been in close contact with a schoolgirl who has died from meningitis. ...
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NC State Officials to Treat Students for Possible Meningitis ...
WTVD - Durham-Raleigh,NC,USA
It has been a week since a student contracted meningitis. ... A case of bacterial meningitis has students and local healthcare workers on alert. ...
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Boston Conservatory student dies of meningitis
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
BOSTON -- A 19-year-old violin student at The Boston Conservatory has died of bacterial meningitis. James Robert Gould of Scituate ...
 

Meningitis death forces inoculations
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,United States
... dosed Boston Conservatory students and staff with heavy-duty antibiotics after confirming a 19-year-old student died from bacterial meningitis, a serious ...
 

Bacterial Meningitis Case in Wyandotte County
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Wyandotte County Health Department are monitoring a case of bacterial meningitis diagnosed in a ...
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Meningitis Creates Huge Scare
AllAfrica.com - Africa
NINETEEN cases of meningitis have so far been recorded since the epidemic broke out in September in Rundu district. But the situation ...
 

Officials warn of possible campus meningitis exposure
The North Carolina State Technician - Raleigh,NC,USA
Tests indicate that UNC-Chapel Hill student Jonathan Davis, who attended the party near NCSU's campus, was infected by meningococcal meningitis. ...
 

Student health services offering free treatment due to meningitis ...
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
Health officials are offering students free treatment after a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman was diagnosed with contagious bacterial meningitis. ...
 

CHILD WITH WHAT C OULD BE MENINGITIS DOING OK
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,United States
An 8 year old child is in good condition today, after being treated for what could be meningitis. ... Meningitis is a inflammation in the lining around the brain. ...
 

West Nile Death
WIBW - Topeka,KS,USA
... Severe cases can lead to encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, or meningitis, a swelling of the lining around the brain and spinal cord.

 

August 2,2004

Law mandates meningitis alert
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
http://www.masslive.com/chicopeeholyoke/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1091262024271872.xml

SECOND Yonkers student contracts viral meningitis
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/073104/b01p31ykmeningitis.html

October

Making sense of meningitis
Virus Discovered At Middle School Not Life-Threatening

Another Meningitis Case Confirmed in the Tennessee Valley

Youth recovers from meningitis

Child's meningitis death causes alarm

Program offers meningitis vaccinations

Students at centre of meningitis scare

Three Students Contract Viral Meningitis

Last Day For Intending Victims To Go For Meningitis Inoculation
 

Valley School Trying to Prevent Outbreak of Viral Meningitis
WAFF - Huntsville,AL,USA
Viral meningitis: there's been an outbreak of the contagious illness across the Heart of the Valley. Teachers at oen Cullman County ...
 

First Grader Dies From Bacterial Meningitis
Lex 18 - Lexington,KY,USA
Knox County school officials are trying to calm fears while also comforting students after a six-year-old student has died from a form of bacterial meningitis. ...
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Meningitis case 'isolated'
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP -- Charleroi Area School officials are confident that a case of viral meningitis was isolated and the situation under control. ...
 

Alert as student gets meningitis
ic Liverpool - Southport,England,UK
... It is believed he may have contracted the common strain B form of meningococcal disease, which can develop to cause meningitis, or septicaemia. ...
 

Meningitis was cause of death
Springfield News Sun - Springfield,OH,USA
BY KELLY BAKER. Bacterial meningitis that killed a Springfield man appears to be an isolated case, Clark County's health commissioner said Monday. ...

 

Students from county schools treated for viral meningitis
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
by Diana Mota Morgan. At least five students at five different Frederick County Public Schools could have viral meningitis -- a less severe form of the disease. ...
 

Meningitis terror
ic NorthWales - North Wales,UK
By Gareth Hughes, Daily Post. A MUM told yesterday how her month-old baby son fought a life-threatening rare form of meningitis. ...
 

Cases of Viral Meningitis Appear in Eastern Kentucky
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
Two cases of Viral Meningitis have been confirmed at Mullins Elementary School in Pike County. This is not the deadly Bacterial ...
 

West Nile Virus: Possible Human Case in Placer County
KTXL - USA
... County. The patient is recovering in the hospital with meningitis, in this case apparently a neuroinvasive form of West Nile virus. ...
 

Boone County Confirms Viral Meningitis Cases
WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Boone County Schools superintendent tells 9News that there have been at least two, possibly three, cases of viral spinal meningitis reported at the high school ...

USC student with bacterial meningitis released from intensive care
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
(Columbia) Oct. 1, 2004 - The University of South Carolina student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis continues to improve. Eugene ...
 

Meningococcal Meningitis
The Southern Digest - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
by Conyea Nave. Meningococcal Meningitis is a disease that has surfaced throughout the country, causing life long side affects and potentially killing. ...
 

Two new human cases of West Nile reported in New Mexico
KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... The new cases include an 80-year-old man from Grant County with meningitis, and a 48-year-old man from San Juan County with mild fever. ...
 

Third Mesa County resident dies of W. Nile complications
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... Ten fever victims developed encephalitis, and 10 suffered meningitis, according to statistics from the Mesa County Health Department. ...

 

WMU offers meningitis shots at four clinics this month
Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
A recent case of bacterial meningitis at Western Michigan University is a reminder that some people on college campuses have an increased risk of contracting ...
 

Student diagnosed with viral meningitis

KU Raises Funds for Meningitis

Meningitis Scare

School Resumes after Meningitis Death

Timetable for Haj meningitis vaccination, passport distribution

Precautions taken after 5-year-old dies of meningitis

Students Stricken With Viral Meningitis

Meningitis Facts

Meningitis kills Hammonton boy

Meningitis making the rounds

Questions raised in death of female inmate

Aseptic meningitis outbreak registered in Voronezh region

Common questions about meningitis are answered

Zim: SA man dies of meningitis

Corrections Officials Investigate Inmate's Meningitis Death

Doctors say Meningitis Cases in the Shoals Don't Cause Concern

Elementary School Student Contracts Bacterial Meningitis

Three Williams Valley students get viral meningitis

Boy, 5, dies of bacterial meningitis

Coup plot suspect had meningitis

Schools note cases of pertussis, meningitis

Another Meningitis Case Reported in Lauderdale County

Jailed mercenary died of meningitis

Facts about viral meningitis:

Officials looking into three cases of meningitis

Flu vaccination clinics canceled

Two Killed In Hammonton Crash

TRMC to ration flu vaccine

Coup plot suspect had meningitis

Schools note cases of pertussis, meningitis

Another Meningitis Case Reported in Lauderdale County

Jailed mercenary died of meningitis

Facts about viral meningitis:

Officials looking into three cases of meningitis

Flu vaccination clinics canceled

Two Killed In Hammonton Crash

TRMC to ration flu vaccine

QUITMAN STUDENT SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER SHOWING SIGNS OF MENINGITIS

Meningitis diagnosis confirmed in Clark

ON THE MARCH FOR MENINGITIS CASH

SCHOOLBOY IN HOSPITAL WITH MENINGITIS Accident Kills One Outside Boy's Funeral

: MUMPS SCUPPER TRIP

Funeral Attendees Caught In Dump Truck Accident

5 cases of meningitis reported in Schuylkill elementary schools

Former student has viral meningitis

Pem. Twp. woman killed outside funeral

5 cases of meningitis reported in Schuylkill elementary schools

Former student has viral meningitis

Pem. Twp. woman killed outside funeral

August 6,2004

14 children hospitalized in Novosibirsk with suspected meningitis
ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia
NOVOSIBIRSK, August 4 (Itar-Tass) - Fourteen children and one adult were
hospitalized with suspected aseptic meningitis in Novosibirsk on Wednesday,
bringing ...
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1100407&PageNum=0

PEDIATRIC viral meningitis
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu, HI, USA
For the past few months, emergency room doctors and private pediatricians
have noticed an increase in pediatric viral meningitis that has flu like
symptoms. ...
http://starbulletin.com/2004/08/04/news/story7.html



HEALTH Officials Warn Of Meningitis Outbreak
Hawaii Channel.com - Honolulu,HI,USA
HONOLULU -- The state Health Department said Hawaii has been suffering
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/health/3616353/detail.html

MENINGITIS threatens college students living in dorms
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/9318668.htm

PUBLIC gets meningitis vaccinations
CFCN - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
http://www.cfcn.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/B/20040804/vacine?

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8/12/04
MENINGITIS Scare
WHDH-TV - Boston,MA,USA. ...
http://www1.whdh.com/features/articles/healthcast/DBM622/



LAYTON Boy Suffers Meningitis From West Nile Virus
KTVX - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=CF5C1563-0E81-4FEE-80C7-1F8FB203670B


"MENINGITIS still going strong," says Rullan
Puerto Rico Wow - Puerto Rico,USA
http://www.puertoricowow.com/html/general-detail.asp?amaspHidden_listActive=true&amaspField_

/wfaa040824_meningitis_cdh.ac7e094a.html

STREP bacteria killed boy, not meningitis
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
A 6-year-old Arlington boy initially reported to have died from viral meningitis
Saturday actually succumbed to a bacterium related to the one that causes
...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories

/082504dnmetmeningitis.18687.html


MENINGITIS Immunizations A Good Idea
KTRE - Lufkin,TX,USA
That's why freshmen living in dorms are highly encouraged to obtain a meningitis
vaccination. They're not mandatory and they're expensive. ...
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=2215665&nav=2FH5QChw

KAZAKHSTAN reports meningitis outbreak
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
24 (UPI) -- Some 490 people suspected of being meningitis carriers have
been hospitalized in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan, since July
1, media said ...
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040824-122526-6087r.htm



DISEASE may have killed boy
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
A kindergartner from the Mansfield school district died Saturday after
displaying symptoms of viral meningitis, prompting school officials to
take some ...
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/states/texas/arlington/9482947.htm



SOUTHERN California Death Toll From WNV Rises To Six
PCT Online - USA
... Nile virus, and officials warned Thursday that most victims of the
disease have developed other, more serious illnesses, including encephalitis
and meningitis. ...
http://www.pctonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2899

COLLEGE Freshmen and the Meningitis Threat
Forbes - USA
... These infections can strike the blood -- called meningococcemia --
or they can attack the fluid of the spinal cord or the brain, a condition
called meningitis. ...
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2004/08/26/hscout520570.html

COLLEGES Urge Meningitis Vaccine
Omaha Channel.com - Omaha,NE,USA
Bacterial meningitis begins with flu-like symptoms and quickly progresses
to an excruciating headache and severely stiff neck. Diagnosis requires
a spinal tap. ...
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/3684865/detail.html


CEBUANA OFW arrives after being hospitalized in Saudi
The Freeman - Cebu,Philippines
A Cebuano overseas worker finally arrived yesterday in Cebu after a lengthy
stay in a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for tuberculosis meningitis.
http://www.thefreeman.com/local/index.php?fullstory=1&issue=articles_20040827&id=21449

SMOKING link to meningitis
Seven.com.au - Australia    
... "Children who contract meningitis are 9.1 times more likely ... Children
under the age of five and those aged 15-24 are the most at risk of contracting
meningitis. ...
http://seven.com.au/news/nationalnews/113935

PR still seeing 10 new cases of viral meningitis a day
Puerto Rico Wow - Puerto Rico,USA
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico is still seeing about 10 new cases
of viral meningitis a day as health authorities struggle to end an outbreak
that ...
http://www.puertoricowow.com/html/general-detail.asp?amaspHidden_listActive=true&amaspField_newshd=PR%20still%

MENINGITIS case found
Agana Pacific Daily News - Agana,GU,USA
A reported case of bacterial meningitis at Inarajan Elementary School has local health and education officials asking school parents and guardians to take ...
 

EPSOM / Deerfield Local schools report 2 cases of viral meningitis
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
By CHELSEA CONABOY. wo cases of viral meningitis were reported at Deerfield Community School and Epsom Central School last week. ...
 

MENINGITIS poses special threat to college students
Northern Star Online - USA
Students living in NIU’s residence halls should be aware that they are at a higher risk than most for bacterial meningitis. There ...

 

4-YEAR-OLD’S death not linked to meningitis in Boonville
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... An autopsy of the boy investigated the possibility of meningitis after one Cooper County child was diagnosed with viral meningitis this week and another child ...
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OFFICIALS confirm four more cases of West Nile in Vegas
KRNV - Reno,NV,USA
... Of the 12 people in Nevada confirmed to have the virus, seven are over age 50, nine suffered meningitis and/or encephalitis and two are currently hospitalized. ...
 

PRATT football players hit with viral syndrome
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,United States
... to pass.". While the symptoms resemble viral meningitis, Cannata said, no one has been sick enough to test for viral meningitis.

 

AVENTIS long-term meningitis vaccine goes to FDA panel
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- An FDA advisory panel will meet Wednesday to assess the safety and efficacy of Aventis Pasteur's long-acting meningitis vaccine Menactra ...
 

WEST Michigan daycare shuts down after reported case of meningitis
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
(Georgetown Township, September 21, 2004, 8:20 am) A West Michigan daycare service is shut down after a reported case of meningitis. ...
 

PARENTS Concerned About Meningitis Diagnosis
NBC4 Columbus.com - Columbus,OH,USA
... School District are trying to ease concerns of some parents after a letter was sent to students' homes concerning a case of viral meningitis being discovered ...
 

STUDENTS offered preventive treatment after Suffolk teacher dies ...
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport,VA,USA
... Neisseria meningitidis is a strain of bacteria that can cause meningococcal meningitis, an infection of the brain and spinal chord. ...
 

AVENTIS: meningitis B must be the next vaccine target
UK Comment Wire - UK
... of Aventis's [AVE] quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine Menactra, successfully filed in February, marks another step towards the prevention of meningitis A, C, Y ...
 

MENINGITIS deaths on the increase, UK
Medical News Today - UK
An increase in the number of deaths from meningitis last year has prompted a UK charity to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the disease. ...
 

WORRIED parents 'set to shun new jabs'
Belfast Telegraph (subscription) - Belfast,Northern Ireland,United Kingdom
... anxious parents concerned about the new vaccination which protects against diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hib (a leading cause of meningitis) and polio. ...
 

USC admitted to hospital for bacterial meningitis
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
(Columbia) Sept. 20, 2004 - A 19-year-old freshman has bacterial meningitis. ... Symptoms of bacterial meningitis usually develop suddenly. ...

 

MENINGITIS Vaccine Approval Moves Forward
WebMD - USA
Sept. 24, 2004 -- An FDA advisory committee has recommended licensure for a new meningitis vaccine called Menactra. According to ...
 

STUDENT With Meningitis
WKBN - Youngstown,OH,USA
... to one Youngstown school. A student at Jefferson Elementary has come down with the case of viral meningitis. That student is recovering ...
 

SPINAL meningitis claims life of Virginia breeder Polk
Thoroughbred Times - USA
Virginia breeder Harold Polk died on Monday at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, from complications of spinal meningitis; he was 93. ...
 

DAD TREKS THROUGH COUNTY FOR HIS MENINGITIS CHARITY
Cumberland News - Carlisle,Cumbria,United Kingdom
By Kat Ferguson. A MAN who lost his baby son to meningitis will pass through Longtown and Brampton on a 36-day fundraising walk. ...
 

IN Our Towns
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... Georgetown resident Kirkland Darby, who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, remained hospitalized in intensive care Thursday at Palmetto Health Baptist in ...

 

FLU and meningitis shots available on campus
WMU News - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
KALAMAZOO--Four campuswide clinics to protect the Western Michigan University community from influenza and meningitis have been scheduled in October. ...
 

MENINGITIS immunization starts this week
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
The vaccine will be given at the same time as other childhood vaccinations but only for babies 12 months of age, children aged four and Grade 6 students. ...
 

FORT Bend County Student Contracts Meningitis
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,TX,USA
HOUSTON -- A Fort Bend County elementary school student was diagnosed with viral meningitis, Local 2 reported Tuesday. Letters went ...
 

NEPTUNE teen has meningitis, school told
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,United States
NEPTUNE -- A township ninth-grader has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, a school official said yesterday. ... 13 from a meningitis-related blood infection. ...
 

FDA explores new drug for meningitis
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
he Food and Drug Administration is considering a new vaccine against bacterial meningitis, and the results look promising, said David Golden, director of ...
 

A few ounces of prevention can help students stay healthy
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... While immunization against infectious diseases like influenza, meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B is not required to attend college, it may be a ...
 

MENINGITIS strikes preschoolers
TVNZ - New Zealand
Northland public health doctors are treating more than 50 children from a Whangarei preschool after three were admitted to hospital with meningococcal disease. ...
 

HARRISON Health Dept. reports no meningitis cases
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram - Clarksburg,WV,USA
by Derek Taylor. CLARKSBURG -- Cases of viral meningitis have yet to appear locally, the Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department reported Tuesday. ...
 

MENINGITIS epidemic continues with 51 new cases
Puerto Rico Wow - Puerto Rico,USA
SAN JUAN (AP) - In the past week, 51 new cases of meningitis have been reported, bringing the total to 709 since the epidemic began, the state epidemiologist ...