SpinalMeningitis.org_SpinalMeningitis.org http://spinalmeningitis.org Learn about Spinal Meningitis Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:19:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sonora school finds case of meningitis http://spinalmeningitis.org/sonora-school-finds-case-of-meningitis/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/sonora-school-finds-case-of-meningitis/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:19:42 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/sonora-school-finds-case-of-meningitis/ A long-term substitute teacher at Sonora Elementary School has been diagnosed with meningitis, but public health officials say there is no risk to students.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/sonora-school-finds-case-of-meningitis/feed/ 0 South Sudan: Govt Decleare Nation Meningitis Free, Denies Outbreak http://spinalmeningitis.org/south-sudan-govt-decleare-nation-meningitis-free-denies-outbreak/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/south-sudan-govt-decleare-nation-meningitis-free-denies-outbreak/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:03:32 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/south-sudan-govt-decleare-nation-meningitis-free-denies-outbreak/ [Sudan Tribune] Juba – The health ministry on Friday declared South Sudan meningitis free and denied media reports that an outbreak of the disease had occurred in parts of the country, which reportedly lies in the “meningitis belt.”

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/south-sudan-govt-decleare-nation-meningitis-free-denies-outbreak/feed/ 0 Quick work halts meningitis spread http://spinalmeningitis.org/quick-work-halts-meningitis-spread/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/quick-work-halts-meningitis-spread/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:25:44 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/quick-work-halts-meningitis-spread/ Quick responses by Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s emergency room staff and the City-County Health Department kept bacterial meningitis limited to one local high school student, the Flathead City-

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/quick-work-halts-meningitis-spread/feed/ 0 Pawnee County Mom Warns Parents About Meningitis After Daughter Survives Disease http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-about-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-about-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-about-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/ A Pawnee County mother has a warning about the dangers of meningitis.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-about-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/feed/ 0 Pawnee County baby died of bacterial meningitis, state health officials confirm http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-baby-died-of-bacterial-meningitis-state-health-officials-confirm/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-baby-died-of-bacterial-meningitis-state-health-officials-confirm/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:12:09 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-baby-died-of-bacterial-meningitis-state-health-officials-confirm/ The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirmed Wednesday that a 4-month-old from Pawnee County who died this weekend had meningococcal disease.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-baby-died-of-bacterial-meningitis-state-health-officials-confirm/feed/ 0 Pawnee County Mom Warns Parents Of Meningitis After Daughter Survives Disease http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-of-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-of-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:15:06 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-of-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/ A Pawnee County mother has a warning about the dangers of meningitis.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/pawnee-county-mom-warns-parents-of-meningitis-after-daughter-survives-disease/feed/ 0 Florida Senate wants 7th graders to get meningitis vaccine http://spinalmeningitis.org/florida-senate-wants-7th-graders-to-get-meningitis-vaccine/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/florida-senate-wants-7th-graders-to-get-meningitis-vaccine/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:44:07 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/florida-senate-wants-7th-graders-to-get-meningitis-vaccine/ School children in Florida may have to get an additional shot before they can enter the 7th grade.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/florida-senate-wants-7th-graders-to-get-meningitis-vaccine/feed/ 0 Doctors Probing Toddler's Death http://spinalmeningitis.org/doctors-probing-toddlers-death/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/doctors-probing-toddlers-death/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:49:36 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/doctors-probing-toddlers-death/ Health officials are trying to determine if the death of a 4-month-old Pawnee County boy and the illness of a Tulsa elementary school student are from bacterial meningitis.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/doctors-probing-toddlers-death/feed/ 0 Meningitis may have killed 4-month-old Okla. boy http://spinalmeningitis.org/meningitis-may-have-killed-4-month-old-okla-boy/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/meningitis-may-have-killed-4-month-old-okla-boy/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:44:08 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/meningitis-may-have-killed-4-month-old-okla-boy/ Health officials are trying to determine if the death of a 4-month-old Pawnee County boy and the illness of a Tulsa elementary school student are from bacterial meningitis.

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]]> http://spinalmeningitis.org/meningitis-may-have-killed-4-month-old-okla-boy/feed/ 0 Tulsa Doctor: Some Kids May Be Carriers Of Bacterial Meningitis And Not Even Know It http://spinalmeningitis.org/tulsa-doctor-some-kids-may-be-carriers-of-bacterial-meningitis-and-not-even-know-it/ http://spinalmeningitis.org/tulsa-doctor-some-kids-may-be-carriers-of-bacterial-meningitis-and-not-even-know-it/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:13:19 +0000 admin http://spinalmeningitis.org/tulsa-doctor-some-kids-may-be-carriers-of-bacterial-meningitis-and-not-even-know-it/ Doctors say between 10 to 15 percent of school-aged children could be carriers and never get sick, but can infect someone else through direct contact.

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