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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Springbok loose forward Schalk Burger has been sent home to recuperate after spending two weeks in a Cape Town hospital being treated for bacterial meningitis, the player's agent confirmed on Thursday. Bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, a disease he contracted after undergoing surgery to reduce pressure on a nerve …
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South Africa's Burger sent home after meningitis scare
CAPE TOWN, April 11 (Reuters) – Springbok loose forward Schalk Burger has been sent home to recuperate after spending two weeks in a Cape Town hospital being treated for bacterial meningitis, the player's agent confirmed on Thursday. Bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, a disease he contracted after undergoing surgery to reduce pressure …
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Rugby-South Africa's Burger sent home after meningitis scare
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A push to protect against bacterial meningitis in Crook County has resulted in more than 2,000 people getting vaccines in the past two weeks. The Bend Bulletin reports that six people have been sickened since March in the Central Oregon county of about 27,000 people.
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2,000 vaccinated against meningitis in Ore.
HOUSTON – A new law taking effect January 1 will require all Texas college students under 30 to show proof they’ve received the bacterial meningitis vaccine. Previously, only students living in on-campus dorms were required to have the vaccine
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Demand for meningitis vaccine grows in Texas as new year approaches
DALLAS – It was because of two heartbreaking Texas cases, featured in a new public service announcement, that the state’s meningitis law was expanded. Meningococcal Disease is a bacterial illness easily spread by close contact or respiratory droplets. Bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the menbranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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New law protects college students, but causes financial strain
Beginning Jan. 1, any person under the age of 30 entering a Texas university will be required to get the meningitis vaccine. Meningitis is a disease caused by inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Meningitis vaccine required for students starting January 2012
A staff member of a Long Island high school has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, a serious and somewhat contagious inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, the Suffolk County… Photo Credit: Getty Images
Seven Clark County residents have recently been stricken with West Nile virus, the severe form that can result in paralysis from inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Wednesday. A number of the victims
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Seven Clark County Residents Stricken With West Nile Virus
A rare infection associated with a type of amoeba that lives in stagnant water and travels up the sinuses and infects the brain, almost always causing meningitis, has been reported in a Virginia person.
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A boy near Richmond has died from meningitis after he contracted a rare water borne illness. Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
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Virginia Boy dies after contracting rare amoeba while swimming
