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 Teen's death spurs effort to educate about meningitis
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
Kayla Whitsett-Locke's family is using her sad story to educate others about bacterial meningitis and the availability of a vaccine against the deadly disease. ...

62 patients died, 444 suffered from Meningitis in Delhi
Webindia123 - India
New Delhi, Jul 29 Sixty nine persons died of meningitis while a total of 510 cases of the disease were reported in the country between April 25 to July 15 this ...

 Viral meningitis cases on rise
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
DAYTON | Hospitals have seen a high number of viral meningitis cases this July, the Combined Health District of Montgomery County reported. ...

Study To Test For New Meningitis Vaccine
KCRA-TV - Sacramento,CA,USA
... "Meningitis is very dangerous. ... Whitson said the children cannot get meningitis from the shot. "The side effects are very slight, basically, flu-like symptoms. ...

Improved Defense ; Popular New Vaccine Keeps Meningitis at Bay for ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
* Meningitis is an infection of fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. ... That bacteria is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children. ...

 Letters to the Editor
Derry Journal - Derry,Ireland
... to thank Eamon and Denise Hone and all of the cyclists who took part in the May Day Sponsored Cycle for their support of Meningitis Research Foundation. ...

Add meningitis shots to back-to-college list
Oakland Press - Pontiac,MI,USA
... "That's a very specific germ causing a very specific meningitis.". ... "Youngsters can get this type of meningitis and be at death's door in 12 hours," said Dorsey. ...

 Meningitis, Vitamin E and Diabetes
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Two articles in this week's BMJ deal with hysterectomy. The first study looks at the long-term risk of dying in women who have had ...

Student Health Center provides services
Hurricane Online (subscription) - Coral Gables,FL,USA
... Students should also consider immunization against meningococcal meningitis, a rare but potentially fatal bacterial infection that appears to be more common ...

Blast reported on Indian train
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... 15 die in India meningitis outbreak (May 6, 2005) -- An outbreak of bacterial meningitis in India's capital, New Delhi, has left 15 dead, the BBC reported ...

 Meningitis Vaccines Temporarily In Short Supply
Milwaukee Channel.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... back-to-school health check-ups and physicals, and an important part of that, especially for teenagers, is a vaccination to guard against bacterial meningitis. ...

Surgery saves life of boy with meningitis
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
A TEN-month-old boy has had his legs, arm and five digits amputated after contracting meningitis in Sheffield. Harvey Phillips had ...

 Meningitis vaccine to be delayed
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
The planned Aug. 1 introduction of a new state-supplied meningitis vaccine has been delayed due to an overload of demand on the pharmaceutical supplier. ...

Viral meningitis rate up in Utah
Standard-Examiner (subscription) - Ogden,UT,USA
By Jamie Lampros. SALT LAKE CITY -- Viral meningitis cases have more than doubled compared to last year, according to the Utah Department of Health. ...

Alternate Treatment for Meningitis Epidemics
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... to be an effective, easy-to-use, and low cost alternative to Tifomycin (oily chloramphenicol) for treating outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis in Africa, a ...

Rash Of Meningitis Cases Reported In Salt Lake
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Health officials are investigating 13 cases of viral meningitis, almost triple the normal amount reported during early July in Salt Lake County. ...

See all stories on this topic Meningitis vaccine recommended
Consumer Reports (subscription) - USA
Millions of children and teenagers returning to school should be inoculated with a new, potentially longer-lasting meningitis vaccine, the Centers for Disease ...

Pitt Back at Work After Meningitis Scare
Hollywood.com - USA
By WENN. Brad Pitt is back at work just a week after he was diagnosed with viral meningitis. The Troy star checked himself into Cedars ... '

Journey for Julie' to Beat Meningitis
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... cyclists, will embark on a bike tour from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in support of research, screening and immunization for bacterial and viral meningitis. ...

Community comes to aid of meningitis baby
Louth Today - Louth,England,UK
A MASSIVE fundraising day is being organised for Louth baby Harvey Phillips who has been fighting for his life after contracting meningitis. ...

CDC: Give it a shot
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
A shot previously required only for college-bound teens or those at risk for the rare but deadly infectious meningitis disease now is being recommended by the ...

Brad Pitt is on the mend
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Just one week after being diagnosed with viral meningitis, actor Brad Pitt appears to be on the mend. Pitt had checked himself into ...

PITT BACK AT WORK AFTER MENINGITIS SCARE
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
BRAD PITT is back at work just a week after he was diagnosed with viral meningitis. The TROY star checked himself in to Cedars-Sinai ...

Pitt back at work after meningitis scare
SouthFlorida.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Brad Pitt is back at work just a week after he was diagnosed with viral meningitis. The actor checked himself in to Cedars-Sinai ...

Meningitis shot urged for college-bound
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
Health authorities say they also should pack an ounce of prevention against bacterial meningitis -- an uncommon but potentially deadly infection that seems to ...

 Protect your kids against meningitis
WJRT - Flint,MI,USA
A lot of college campuses require vaccination against meningococcal meningitis, but according to the Centers for Disese Control, kids should have the vaccine ...

Legislation means day-care kids will need vaccinations
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
... Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by the pneumococcus bacteria. ... ear infection, pneumonia, blood stream infection, sinus infection and meningitis. ...
 

School saddened by meningitis death
Hernando Today - Brooksville,FL,USA
... Petersburg of bacterial meningitis after missing two days of school last week. ... Bacterial meningitis can attack the membrane surrounding the brain. ...
 

SUDAN: Vaccination campaign against meningitis planned in West ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
NAIROBI, 17 May (IRIN) - A vaccination campaign against meningitis is to be carried out in the Abu Seroj internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in West ...
 

10 new meningitis cases in Delhi
Newindpress - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: Ten new cases of meningitis were reported in the capital on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 313, though the number of fatalities ...
 

Appleton meningitis case brings swift action from health officials
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
... city Health Department announced Monday that an Appleton North High School student hospitalized over the weekend with meningococcal meningitis is recovering ...
 

22,000 to get meningitis vaccine in NB
CBC North - Canada
MONCTON - Health officials in southeastern New Brunswick plan to immunize 22,000 people aged between 10 and 19 against type C meningitis in the wake of two ...

 

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