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- Meningitis kills Loyola student
- A 20-year-old Loyola University student died in his dorm room Tuesday evening from meningitis, school officials said today.According to Tom Smith, Loyola's interim vice president for student affairs, the type of meningitis has not yet been determined.We're trying to be prudent and treat it like it was bacterial meningitis, Smith...
- Research articles 2006-02-22
- Meningitis epidemic reported in eastern Latvia
- RIGA AFP — Health authorities in Latvia have said an outbreak of serous meningitis -- acute meningitis accompanied by fluid accumulation in the brain -- in the east of the Baltic state has reached epidemic proportions. "Two-hundred-thirty-two cases of serous meningitis have been registered so far and we can say...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- Case of meningitis diagnosed -- vaccinations to begin.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 February 2001-RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: Case of meningitis diagnosed -- vaccinations to begin C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06022001 TROY, N.Y. -- Meningococcal meningitis has been diagnosed affecting a single student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The student, a ...
- Research articles 2001-02-06
- 14 African nations face meningitis epidemic: Red Cross
- GENEVA AFP — Red Cross officials warned Thursday that 14 African countries could face one of the worst meningitis epidemics in recent memory and announced prevention campaigns in the affected areas. "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching meningitis prevention activities in 14 countries...
- Research articles 2007-12-20
- Travel Roundup: Passengers Sue Continental, FedEx Buys Boeing, Greyhound's Meningitis Scare and More
- Two passengers sue Continental Airlines and pilots in Denver runway crash -- Two passengers on a Continental Airlines flight that veered off a Denver International Airport runway and crash-landed in a ravine last month, filed a lawsuit against the carrier. Melissa Craft, 25, and Emily Pellegrini, 21, both of Texas, allege the flight's pilot "negligently aborted"...
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Chiron Gets Nod For Vaccine in UK.(Chiron Corp., meningitis C)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- CHIRON CORPORATION'S offer to supply the UK with its meningitis C vaccine has been accepted by Britain's National Health Services NHS. Chiron says the vaccine's revenue potential for 2000 is roughly $100 million. The NHS action is contingen ...
- Research articles 1999-10-18
- In a Phase II Study, Novartis Meningitis B Vaccine Has Potential to Produce a Protective Immune Response in Infants, the Age Group Most at Risk
- -- Data show Novartis Meningitis B MenB vaccine has potential to be first vaccine to provide broad protection to infants against meningococcal B infections -- The meningococcal B strain causes 72% of meningococcal disease in ...
- Research articles 2008-05-14
- Meningitis Vaccine Now Available; Parents and Doctors Urged to Get Vaccinations for Children
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians are updating a recommendation that infants and young children should receive four doses of the vaccine Prevnar. The Meningitis Foundation of America MFA agrees with this recommendation and says that the...
- Research articles 2004-09-16
- Meningitis outbreaks in Ethiopia kill 40
- ADDIS ABABA AFP — At least 40 people have died and more than 430 taken ill with highly infectious meningococcal meningitis in Ethiopia over the past five months, the country's health ministry said. "Since the 4th of November 2004, 40 deaths have been reported out of 433 cases of...
- Research articles 2005-04-13
- Rare bacterial meningitis kills 15 in Indian capital
- NEW DELHI AFP — An outbreak of rare bacterial meningitis in the Indian capital has claimed 15 lives out of more than 100 people infected. "There have been 15 deaths so far from 101 cases of infections," H.P. Banwarikar, Delhi's Municipal Health Officer, said Friday. "At least four of...
- Research articles 2005-05-06
- No threat of a meningitis epidemic: Indian health minister
- NEW DELHI, May 10 AFP — Indian Health Minister A. Ramadoss said there was no threat of a meningitis epidemic in and around New Delhi and the government was keeping a round-the-clock vigil. "There is no threat of meningitis and meningococcemia epidemic, and so far 214 people have been...
- Research articles 2005-05-10
- Rare meningitis kills 21 in Indian capital: official
- NEW DELHI AFP — At least 21 people have died from an outbreak of rare bacterial meningitis in the Indian capital, a health official said. The number of infections reported in and around New Delhi this month rose to 278 with the addition of 17 new cases Friday, said...
- Research articles 2005-05-14
- Death toll from rare meningitis outbreak rises to 22 in Delhi: official
- NEW DELHI AFP — At least 22 people have died from an outbreak of rare bacterial meningitis in the Indian capital in the past three weeks, an official said. The number of infections reported in and around New Delhi since late April rose to 297 with the addition of...
- Research articles 2005-05-15
- Viral meningitis epidemic spreads in Bosnian town
- BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina AFP — Another nine cases, including eight children, of the potentially deadly viral meningitis have been reported in Bosnia's northern town of Banja Luka since Friday when authorities proclaimed an epidemic. "Since Friday, we have another eight children, up to eight years old, and one 32-year-old...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- Brad Pitt released from hospital after treatment for meningitis
- LOS ANGELES, United States AFP — Brad Pitt has been discharged from hospital after being treated for flu symptoms that turned out to be viral meningitis. The Hollywood heart-throb checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital Monday night after coming down with an influenza-like illness, following his return from...
- Research articles 2005-07-13
- Croatian toddlers contract meningitis through bad vaccine
- ZAGREB AFP — Ten Croatian toddlers had to be hospitalized after contracting viral meningitis caused by a local vaccine against rubella, measles and mumps, a doctor said. "We established that ten children hospitalized for meningitis were infected by a virus found in vaccine made by the Zagreb Immunological Institute,"...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- Meningitis epidemic kills 76 in Sudan: UN
- KHARTOUM AFP — A meningitis epidemic has killed 76 people in eight Sudanese states since the end of 2006, the United Nations has said. "An epidemic of meningitis has spread to eight states since the end of 2006 -- Central, Western and Eastern Equatoria, Lakes, Western and Northern Bahr...
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- WHO vows to counter meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso
- GENEVA AFP — The World Health Organization on Monday pledged millions of emergency vaccines to counter a meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso which has killed at least 583 people. The WHO said 3.35 million vaccines would be sent to the west African nation, where 7,333 suspected cases of meningitis...
- Research articles 2007-03-19
- Yvette Cooper welcomes impact of new meningitis C vaccine.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: Yvette Cooper welcomes impact of new meningitis C vaccine C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28032000 A new vaccine introduced in November last year is already having a welcome effect on the deadly disease, meningitis C, Yvette...
- Research articles 2000-03-29
- Risk of meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso increases
- OUAGADOUGOU AFP — A strain of meningitis in January claimed 124 lives in Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, according to a report issued Thursday by the Burkinabe health ministry. The International Committee of the Red Cross warned at the end of December that 14 African countries,...
- Research articles 2008-01-31
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