More meningitis outbreak fears
Johannesburg - Pupils and teachers at three North West schools have been treated for possible meningitis, the provincial health department said on Friday. Spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane said in a...
View ArticleMeningitis feared at three schools
Pupils and teachers at three North West schools have been treated for possible meningitis, the provincial health department said on Friday. “Outbreak response teams have been dispatched to curb the...
View ArticleFactbox: States on alert for fungal meningitis outbreak
(Reuters) - A rare outbreak of fungal meningitis in the United States has so far killed eight people. Health officials estimate that as many as 13,000 people in 23 states may have received steroid...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak: Questions and answers - Wire Lifestyle - The Sacramento...
The toll in the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak has risen to 14 dead, linked to a tainted back pain treatment from a Massachusetts compounding facility. Health officials continue to investigate...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak: Some questions and answers
The toll in the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak has risen to 14 dead and 155 sickened across 11 states, linked to a tainted back pain treatment from a Massachusetts compounding facility. Health...
View ArticleWhat is meningitis?
Meningitis is a term used to describe inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. I READ in the newspapers about the horrifying meningitis deaths in the US. To recap, there has...
View ArticleBishops boy dies of viral meningitis
A grade 10 pupil from Bishops Diocesan College died on Sunday of viral meningitis. In a letter to parents of 740 boys at the school, headmaster Vernon Wood said: “It is with a very sad heart that I...
View ArticleWOMAN, 52, DIES FROM MENINGITIS INFECTION
SAN DIEGO A second San Diego County person has died within a week from a meningitis-causing bacterial infection, the San Diego County Department of Public Health said Wednesday. But the bacterium...
View ArticleMarine recruit treated for meningitis
One Marine recruit from the San Diego boot camp is being treated for bacterial meningitis at Naval Medical Center San Diego, hospital officials said. Eight others from his platoon showing symptoms such...
View ArticleMENINGITIS SUSPECTED IN MCRD RECRUIT
A Marine recruit with severe symptoms of meningitis was being treated at Naval Medical Center San Diego on Friday, hospital officials said. Eight others from his platoon at the Marine boot camp in San...
View ArticleVaccine slashes Meningitis cases
A vaccine against meningitis C has cut cases of the deadly brain disease among British youngsters by 80 per cent. Since it was introduced in November 1999, cases have fallen dramatically among the...
View ArticleRecognizing symptoms is the key to survival
By Kathy Roberts TIMES WRITER Meningitis usually passes unnoticed through people who come in contact with it - a full-blown infection is rare, health officials say. But for those whose immune systems...
View ArticleSeeing through meningitis
Antoinette Pienaar Pretoria - A test with a transparent water glass can help students determine whether a rash is a symptom of the deadly meningitis which has claimed the life of three students in...
View ArticleIsle doctors see rise in pediatric viral meningitis
Anecdotal evidence suggests the increase in incidence of the mostly nonfatal illness Star-Bulletin staff For the past few months, emergency room doctors and private pediatricians have noticed an...
View ArticleMENINGITIS HITS 2 AT STUYVESANT HS
Viral meningitis has struck students at a second city high school, authorities reported yesterday. The Health Department said two students at Stuyvesant HS have been diagnosed with the illness, which...
View ArticleMeningitis: what you need to know
It’s a disease that strikes fear into the heart of most parents, as its symptoms are frustratingly vague and it can become very serious very quickly. On World Meningitis Day we look at the causes,...
View ArticleChild hospitalized; health officials administer antibiotics to other kids
A first-grade student at Escalante Elementary School in Rose Park has been hospitalized since Saturday with Neisseria meningococcal disease. Officials with the Salt Lake Valley Health Department were...
View ArticleBoy, 16, dies of rare bacterial meningitis
A 16-year-old student at Myers Park High School died this week of bacterial meningitis, health officials said Thursday. He was the first to die of the disease in Mecklenburg County since 1998. Garrett...
View ArticleCover my brain!
Meningitis is a term used to describe inflammation to the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord. It's a serious condition. I have read so much about the recent outbreak of meningitis in...
View Article7 students confirmed to have viral meningitis
An outbreak of viral meningitis has hit Boone County, with seven confirmed cases in the Zionsville, Lebanon and Western Boone school districts. Julie Wilmot, a health educator with the Boone County...
View ArticleGauteng hit by meningitis scare
Health authorities are on high alert after a suspected case of meningococcal meningitis in the Randburg area. But Gauteng department of health spokesperson Popo Maja says there is no reason to panic....
View ArticleLayton teen dies from rare form of meningitis
A Layton teen died Wednesday after contracting an extremely rare form of bacterial meningitis that is not considered to be highly contagious, according to Davis County health officials. The Fairfield...
View ArticleViral meningitis cases rising in Maricopa County
advertisement Associated Press Maricopa County has experienced a significant increase in aseptic meningitis cases this year, the state Department of Public...
View Article6-year-old boy likely died of viral meningitis, mom says
LAFAYETTE, IND. -- A 6-year-old boy who complained of a headache at school, then died two days later likely had viral meningitis, his mother said. Mayflower Mill Elementary School sent Shomari Moore...
View ArticleHealth Authorities Warn Against Meningitis Epidemic
On Monday, the Ministry of Health has urged the whole country to help prevent further spread of the meningitis outbreak that has reportedly caused at least eight deaths in eastern Anhui Province and...
View ArticleEncephalitis
Encephalitis literally means an inflammation of the brain, but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. Encephalitis may also be called acute viral encephalitis or aseptic...
View ArticleMeningitis is a killer disease
The brain and spinal cord are remarkably resistant to infection, but when they are infected the consequences are usually very serious. Meningitis, an inflammation of the covering of the brain and...
View ArticleMeningitis in Jackson County?
Mar 11, 2004 - Health officials confirm that two Marianna Middle School students have likely been infected with the contagious, and potentially dangerous disease, viral meningitis. But they say there...
View ArticleWhat to know about meningitis
What is meningitis? Meningitis is caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the spinal cord fluid and the fluid surrounding the brain. It is sometimes referred to as spinal meningitis. Viral...
View ArticleKenosha student dies of meningitis
School alerts parents to risks of illness A senior student at Kenosha Tremper High School died of meningitis over the weekend, prompting school officials to alert parents to the risks of the...
View ArticleWadebridge School pupil dies from meningitis
A schoolgirl has died and another is in hospital after contracting meningitis in Cornwall. The dead girl, who has not yet been named, was a pupil at Wadebridge School. About 1,200...
View Article90 in Alaska have viral meningitis
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- More than 90 Alaskans have contracted viral meningitis since summer, and many cases are connected with a camp held in July in Prince William Sound. No one has died from the...
View ArticleViral meningitis reported at Old Westbury school
A student at The Wheatley School in Old Westbury was diagnosed with viral meningitis Thursday, according to a letter sent to parents by principal Sean C. Feeney. The letter notes that the Nassau County...
View ArticleMeningitis risk thought too low to warrant vaccination / Rare disease killed...
Bacterial meningitis is a frightening infectious disease that can strike without warning and kill its victims within hours. Fortunately, it is not very contagious, and in the United States it remains...
View ArticleJMU student hospitalized with bacterial meningitis
One James Madison University student is being treated for bacterial meningitis and 10 other students have been inoculated against the contagious disease, a school spokesman said yesterday. JMU freshman...
View ArticleViral and bacterial meningitis types quite distinct
By KATHERINE HOBY and NZPA The main types of meningitis are viral and bacterial. They differ in severity of illness and treatment. Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, the lining surrounding...
View ArticleJust how sick is your child?
Have you ever turned to the internet late at night, concerned that your child may have something more than a cold? A new booklet, The Rough Guide To Childhood Illness, developed in association with the...
View ArticleInfectious diseases: Meningococcal vaccines urged - children in Vegas...
I came across an article in the Review Journal that gave me pause. As one who works in the field, I know hand sanitation, disinfection and gloves are key to keeping healthy when working with children....
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