June 19, 2013

New Meningococcal Meningitis Awareness Program, "Get in the Game" to Level Playing Field for Young Athletes

SILVER SPRINGS, Md. and SWIFTWATER, Pa., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Voices of Meningitis, a public health initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) in collaboration with Sanofi …

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Injection Site Infections Join Meningitis, Joint Infections from Tainted Drugs

As if the more than 14,000 people who were potentially exposed to tainted injectable drugs through back or joint injections don't have enough on their plate, public health officials announced Nov.

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Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria

FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) – A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San Francisco lab where he was working on a vaccine against it, public health officials said on Thursday. U.S

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Boston Latin Student Dies Of Probable Bacterial Meningitis

A seventh grade girl at Boston Latin Academy has died in a suspected case of bacterial meningitis, according to a Boston public health official.

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Boston Latin Academy Student Dies Of Suspected Bacterial Meningitis

A seventh grade girl at Boston Latin Academy has died in a suspected case of bacterial meningitis, according to a Boston public health official.

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Meningitis unconfirmed in Hollister boy’s death; unrelated case at SBHS

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.

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CU student with meningococcal meningitis worked at day care, but no kids ill

The 21-year-old University of Colorado student who was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis Friday volunteered at a local day care facility, but Boulder County Public Health officials said

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Local School Nurses Unite Community to Combat Low Meningitis Vaccination Rates Among Preteens and Teens in Cleveland …

CLEVELAND, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Low rates of meningococcal vaccination among adolescents in Ohio has triggered the Cleveland Department of Public Health, Cuyahoga County Board of Health and the Consortium for Healthy and Immunized Communities, Inc

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