May 19, 2012

New vaccine prevents meningitis B in more than 80 pc of teenagers

London, May 7 (ANI): Australian scientists have developed a jab to protect against deadly meningitis B, and early trials have shown it could prevent the illness in more than 80 per cent of youngsters.

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New vaccine prevents meningitis B in more than 80 pc of teenagers

Doctors Probing Toddler's 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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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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C. Ind. school warns parents about meningitis case

The Associated Press The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ind. A central Indiana school has warned parents about the dangers of bacterial meningitis after a second grader came down with the illness

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School Warns Parents About Meningitis Case

A central Indiana school has warned parents about the dangers of bacterial meningitis after a second grader came down with the illness.

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School Warns Parents In Meningitis Scare

A central Indiana school has warned parents about the dangers of spinal meningitis and bacterial meningitis in particular, after a 2nd grader student came down with meningitis disease.

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Second Lehigh student may have meningitis

University is offering antibiotics to all students, after a second student is suspected to have the illness. Three days after Lehigh University officials found that a female student had meningitis, a second student is suspected to have come down with the illness.

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Child dies of meningitis; district notifies parents of symptoms

The flag at Ladd Lane School flies at half staff Monday afternoon after a student passed away this weekend after being diagnosed with meningitis last week. Photo by: Nick Lovejoy, Staff Photographer A Ladd Lane Elementary School student was diagnosed with meningitis last week and died from the illness over the weekend. Hollister School District Superintendent Gary McIntire said that school …

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Meningitis Patient Helped Out At Child-Care Center

Health officials say a Colorado woman with meningococcal meningitis was a volunteer at a child-care center, but none of the children show any symptoms of the illness.

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Meningitis Patient Helped Out At Child-Care Center