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Nigeria Faces its Worst Outbreak of Meningitis in Years

April 27, 2017 Jackie Sheridan

  Nigeria remains in the midst of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak that began this past December. Thirty-eight Local Government Areas, within the six states of

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Spotlight: Meningitis

December 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Lindsay Denny

With two concurrent university-based outbreaks, meningitis is all over the health news. But what exactly is meningitis and why are we so worried about these

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Update on Meningitis at Princeton University

November 27, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Since March of this year, New Jersey based Princeton University has been dealing with an onslaught of severe bacterial meningitis cases. Last week, the eighth

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Ongoing Struggle with Meningitis W135 in Chile

June 18, 2013January 25, 2023 Michael Closer

On June 13, 2013, the Ministry of Health of Chile confirmed yet another case of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 in a child from the Metropolitan

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Los Angeles to Give Free Meningitis Vaccines

April 19, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Officials in Los Angeles County have started offering the meningitis vaccine for free to low-income and uninsured people in response to recent cases of the

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Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Change in Vaccine Recommendations

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

In 2012, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) calculated a troubling statistic: the rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in

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First Meningitis, Now Spinal Infections

November 9, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Victims of the meningitis outbreak in the U.S. can’t seem to catch a break. Various hospitals recently revealed that large numbers of patients who survived

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Research & Policy

FDA Approves New Vaccine to Protect Kids Against Meningitis

June 21, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Federal regulators approved a new vaccine that could prevent bacterial meningitis in young children. Studies show that the combination vaccine, Menhibrix, protects children between six

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Meningitis Vaccine Development

January 26, 2012January 25, 2023 Gilan Megeed

Following the scare in Kuwait of a possible Meningitis-Neisseria outbreak, news came out of a potential breakthrough in the development of an effective preventative vaccine

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Fear of Meningitis Spurs Kuwait Government into Action

January 16, 2012January 25, 2023 Gilan Megeed

Kuwait, a country where disease outbreaks and infectious diseases are uncommon, was unpleasantly surprised during the first week of the new year when the Kuwait

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