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Malwitz: When death cannot be understood, religion can lend comfort

Hospital rush for Jordan's girl
The Sun - London,UK

Prisoner dies of Meningitis
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA

Meningitis warning goes out in Belding
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

Cuban Biotechnology Spreads All Over the World

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Investigational Vaccine Protects Infants Against Multiple ..

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Novartis meningitis vaccine helps young infants

Meningitis Vaccine Promising For Infants

Medical Examiner Confirms Meningitis Link At Lake LBJ
MSNBC - USA
Pathologists: 3rd Boy Died From Waterborne Amoeba After Swim

Orange County Schools Superintendent Warns Families Of Amoeba Risk
Meningitis on Campus and the controversy on vaccine, Frankie is interviewed for this article.

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Back-to-school: There's still time to get those shots
Baltimore Community Times - Baltimore County,MD,USA
The shots are to prevent infection from or spread of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, ...

Press Release: Meningitis Angels Supports CDC on Preteen Immunization Campaign
It is back to school and the time for vaccine preventable diseases to rear their ugly little heads. Almost all of those diseases are vaccine preventable. It is important that preteens see their health care providers and received those important immunizations. There are newly recommended immunizations and boosters for this age group."

Meningitis Angels along with many other health organizations were invited to partner with the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases as they launched a Preteen Vaccine Campaign aimed at promoting vaccination of preteens (11-12 year olds) to protect against serious, sometimes life-threatening diseases such as pertussis (whooping cough), meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, and cervical cancer.

The campaign also promotes the 11 to 12 year old medical check-up. Target audiences are parents of 11 and 12 year olds and healthcare providers (pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses) who regularly see preteens.

As kids get older, protection provided by some childhood vaccines can begin to wear off. Kids can also develop risks for more diseases as they get older. Help your child transition into adolescence in a healthy way by staying up-to-date on pre-teen vaccines. Doctors recommend that all 11 and 12 year olds get the Tdap and Meningococcal vaccines. 11 and 12 year old girls should also get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

Frankie Milley who lost her only child to meningococcal meningitis and founder/director of Angels stated, "Ages 11 years through college freshmen are most at risk for deadly meningococcal meningitis and infants and toddlers at risk for pneumococcal disease including meningitis. Children die and are left debilitated and it could be prevented in most cases. Diseases like pertussis, HPV and flu still are causing serious health problems."

Angels feels education is so important on this issue, they created a preteen and teen group along with Beary Wise who is wise because he immunizes, to educate this same age group along with children on the importance of healthy living and immunizations. They have also created a (7) minute video to send out to schools this fall.

To obtain campaign materials including flyers, posters, banner ads, and web content about preteen vaccines and the preteen medical check-up and more information about the campaign or to view educational materials, visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/preteens-adol.htm or for more information on meningitis visit www.meningitis-angels.org.

Contact Information: fmilley@aol.com

Oklahoma House of Representatives - Press Room
Dorman joined other "Angels" and families from around the country at the conference to learn more about bacterial meningitis and other vaccine preventable ...

Put immunizations in back-to-school plans
Portage Daily Register - Portage,WI,USA
The meningitis vaccine is available for free thanks to money raised through the annual Dustin Raley kickball tournament.

Meningitis vaccine important for college kids
WNYT - Albany,NY,USA
ALBANY - The vaccine against bacterial meningitis the ounce of prevention that could save the life of your college bound child. Some 3000 people contract ...

Africa: Letter From Athens - Fighting for the World's Children
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Two of the most devastating and under-recognized diseases facing our children are pneumonia and meningitis. Pneumonia kills 2 million children a year and ...

Deadly Disease Targeting Teens
WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
WHAT IS MENINGITIS? Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the fluid around the spine and brain become infected by bacteria. ...

Web Editor: Kari Webb
13wmaz - GA,USA
One year ago this week a Central Georgia boy died from a different and dangerous type of meningitis. He contracted the disease after swimming in a local ...

Web Editor: Jake Wade
13wmaz - GA,USA
In a letter sent home to parents Friday, Jones County superintendent Jim LeBrun defended the school district's handling of a viral meningitis case this week ...

Ill Soldier Prompts Temporary Lockdown at Fort McCoy
KTTC - Rochester,MN,USA
The fort had a confirmed case of bacterial meningitis earlier this month. Sergeant Jonathan Forde of Vienna, Virginia, died while being flown to St. Marys ...

What is Viral Meningitis?
Today's MGT - Macon,GA,USA
Viral ("aseptic") meningitis is serious but rarely fatal in persons with normal immune systems. Usually, the symptoms last from 7 to 10 days and the patient ...
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Jones County meningitis case is not serious, superintendent says
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA
By Chuck Thompson - cthompson@macon.com A student at Gray Station Middle School is being treated for viral meningitis, and parents have been notified to ...

Barnesville Takes Meningitis Precautions
Wheeling Intelligencer - Wheeling,WV,USA
Bellaire High School football coach Gregg Bonar said Tuesday he expected two seniors diagnosed with viral meningitis to be released from Wheeling Hospital ...

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- Seoul,South Korea
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis among infants and children worldwide. Each year, an estimated 386000 ...

Meningitis Prompts Call to Parents
Today's MGT - Macon,GA,USA
A case of viral meningitis prompts Jones County school leaders to notify parents. Assistant superintendent, Verneda Appling told Today's MGT News, ...

Houston Community Newspapers Online - 'Angels' meet to advocate
Meningitis Angels, an online support group started by a Conroe woman who lost her son to the disease, advocates vaccinations for everyone. ...

Houston Community Newspapers Online - 'Angels' meet to advocate
Eight years ago, in 1998, Frankie Milley lost her 18-year-old son, Ryan, to meningococcal meningitis. "When I learned that it could have been prevented by a ...

2 more youngsters exhibit meningitis symptoms
Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA
Two more children who were enrolled in a West Chatham YMCA day camp are displaying symptoms of bacterial meningitis. That announcement from the Chatham ...

Two New Suspected Cases of Bacterial Meningitis
WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
By Karen Schradin Wednesday night we first told you about a camper who tested positive for meningitis. Chatham and Effingham County health officials ...

Girls urged to get three shots ahead of school
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
Doctors are recommending at least three new shots for 11-and 12-year-old girls to protect them against whooping cough, meningitis and cervical cancer, ...

Mossy Oaks second-grader dies after brief illness
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
"It's important to note that while the germs that cause meningitis are contagious, meningitis is an uncommon outcome of a common germ," Arden said. ...

Teens at Risk of Contracting Bacterial Meningitis
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By Denise Dador August 7, 2007 - Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening disease that 300 Americans die from every year. And it can cause serious defects ...

Meningitis Speading, Shots Recommeded for Kids
MyFox Milwaukee - Milwaukee,WI,USA
WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE -- Local health departments are urging parents to get meningitis vaccines for children 11 and older. It used to be a shot recommended for ...

300 people from camp get meningitis drug
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
(AP) - About 270 children and 30 adults have been asked to take an antibiotic that helps prevent bacterial meningitis after attending a summer day camp with ...

Pfizer Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit in Nigeria
Washington Post - United States
Anas Mustapha, a Nigerian child believed to have been subjected to a Pfizer drug trial during the '96 meningitis epidemic, now suffers brain damage. ...

Take precautions against West Nile
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA
A 60-year-old woman from San Juan County had meningitis and a 15-year-old girl from Roosevelt County had encephalitis and meningitis. ...

Meningitis case spurs warning
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Viral meningitis is spread through direct contact with body fluids and stools. The disease, which is an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and ...

Bellaire Parents Concerned About Meningitis Outbreak
WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA
BELLAIRE, Ohio -- Two football players are recovering in the hospital after they were diagnosed with viral meningitis. The school has sanitized the practice ...

Fund-raising banger bash
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,Somerset,UK
Simon is raising money for the Meningitis Trust after his brother died of the disease 28 years ago. He said: "My brother would be 30 now if he was still ...

Officer Diagnosed With Viral Meningitis Says She's Now Been Fired
KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA
This, after she was hospitalized with a potentially fatal case of viral meningitis. Officer Judy Ivory-Gilliland says all she wants is what's rightfully ...

Health Department Warns of Bacterial Meningitis Infection
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
I said yes, they said well you need to park there's been a case of meningitis." According to the Coastal Health District, "bacterial meningitis is an ...

Meningitis in Local Camp
WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
Child received meningitis vaccination. Photo By: AP By Karen Schradin The Chatham and Effingham County Health Departments are providing antibiotics and ...

Leelanau Cheese gets major prize
Detroit Free Press - United States
By Sylvia Rector The Visiting Nurses Association of Southeast Michigan is holding a bacterial meningitis vaccination clinic at the Detroit Zoo today for ...

Valley Center teenager improving
Ark Valley News - Valley Center,KS,USA
It was good news for the Valley Center teenager, who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis July 21. "Gabby is doing fabulous," the girl's father, ...

Prestigious science writing prize for PhD student
Imperial College London - London,UK
When I sat down to write this essay, we had recently been visited by members of Meningitis Research UK and had heard some stories about cases of ...

Sickness spurs sporting success
Wairarapa Times Age - Masterton,New Zealand
Hodgkiss was laid low for several months by a severe bout of meningitis two years ago but rather than weaken his spirit it was the driving force behind his ...

Pfizer asks court to quash Nigerian government report filed in ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
New York-based Pfizer Inc. treated 100 meningitis-infected children with an experimental antibiotic, Trovan, in a 1996 study. Another 100 children, who were ...

Tests confirm bacterial meningitis death
ArmyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
Test results confirm a Virginia soldier who died this week at Fort McCoy had bacterial meningitis. Health officials had said they suspected the disease, ...
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Keep on toddling
Bromsgrove Advertiser - Bromsgrove,UK
Throughout October the Meningitis Trust is staging its eighth Toddle Waddle and it is appealing for toddlers to take part. The event is a fun sponsored ...

Meningitis vaccine recommended for college students
Action 3 News - Omaha,NE,USA
The department reports that up to 2800 cases of meningococcal meningitis are reported in the US each year. A third of those occur in adolescents and young ...

Published Monday, August 20, 2007, by Northern News Services and ...
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
The father of a child who died of meningitis is looking for answers. Two-year-old Ashley Kochon died Aug. 12 of medical complications resulting from a bout ...

Regal King seafood dips recalled
Science Daily (press release) - USA
full article Bacterial meningitis -- Bacterial meningitis is a condition in which the dural layers lining the brain (the meninges) have become inflamed. ...

CDC Panel makes new teen meningitis vaccination recommendation.

by Frankie Milley

Today marks another milestone for all of us whose lives have been touched by meningitis.

The new recommendation, issued by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, expands the current guidelines for routinely vaccinating adolescents against potentially deadly bacterial meningitis, from previous suggested age groups of ages 11 and 12, age 15 entering high school and college freshmen to all teens from ages 11-18.

A Personal Note from Frankie Milley,

My only child, Ryan, died with meningococcal meningitis. Many of us live with the loss of a child, caring for a child or adults living with disabilities every day from bacterial meningitis.

I am happy to see the recommendation modified. This is how it should have been all along. I find this recommendation much less confusing than the first. Thank you to the ACIP committee.

The cost of any vaccine in this country should not be a problem for anyone.

Immunizations to prevent deadly communicable disease should be a propriety with our government policy makers.

One life loss or debilitated by this from of meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, pertussis, HPV or any vaccine preventable disease is a tragedy.

Meningitis Survivor, Helen Keller said" Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much."

I say together we can stop deadly vaccine preventable diseases.

Frankie Milley, Meningitis Angels, Founder/Executive Director
Mom to Ryan, who died with a vaccine preventable form of bacterial meningitis.

Check out the latest information on meningitis, our support group, chat rooms, and how you can support Angels on our web site www.meningitis-angels.org

Kids' Vaccines Offered At Reduced Prices | KXNet.com North Dakota News
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
The Department recently received some funding that it decided to use toward the second chicken pox and meningitis vaccines. ...

Camp reopens after meningitis precautions
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
WESTFIELD, Iowa (AP) -- A western Iowa Girl Scout camp has reopened after a camp counselor died of bacterial meningitis. The 360-acre Joy Hollow Camp near ...

Transmitted diseases fall, dengue rises
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - In the first six months of 2006, the number of patients catching transmitted diseases like malaria, meningitis declined but the number ...

Meningitis case milder viral form
Times-West Virginian - Fairmont,WV,USA
By Katie Wilson FAIRMONT -- Officials have confirmed a case of meningitis reported at the state 4-H camp at Jackson's Mill is the less-serious viral form of ...

Meningitis Investigation Proceeds
Yankton Daily Press (subscription) - Yankton,SD,USA
VERMILLION -- After the recent confirmed case of bacterial meningitis, University of South Dakota officials are working with the state Department of Health ...

Meningitis case confirmed in area
Times-West Virginian - Fairmont,WV,USA
By Katie Wilson FAIRMONT -- Health officials have confirm ed a case of meningitis at the state 4-H camp at Jackson's Mill. At this time, the 14-year-old ...
Nigeria sues US drug company Pfizer for $7 Billion
FinalCall.com - Chicago,IL,USA
By GIN (GIN) - The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has been hit by charges that it carried out improper trials on Nigerian children for an anti-meningitis ...

Girl Scout Camp Reopens After Meningitis Case
KETV.com - Omaha,NE,USA
WESTFIELD, Iowa -- A Girl Scout Camp near Sioux City that shut down last week after a worker died from contracting bacterial meningitis has reopened its ...
Camp reopens after meningitis precautions
Beatrice Daily Sun - Beatrice,NE,USA
WESTFIELD, Iowa - A western Iowa Girl Scout camp has reopened after a camp counselor died of bacterial meningitis. The 360-acre Joy Hollow Camp near Sioux ...

Memorial service planned for USD student who died from meningitis
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Burbach, 20, of Hartington, Neb., who recently finished her sophomore year, died last week from bacterial meningitis at a Sioux City hospital. ...
Keeping up with Alicia Thigpen
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Alicia, 11, contracted meningitis when she was a toddler. To save her life, doctors amputated her legs above the knees and arms above the elbows. ...
Narrow escape for charity cyclist
Newbury Weekly News Group - Newbury,England,UK
The team are attempting to raise at least �10000 for the Meningitis Research Foundation, motivated by their personal experiences. James Hall lost his mother ...

What to know about meningitis
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Meningitis is caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the spinal cord fluid and the fluid surrounding the brain. It is sometimes referred to as spinal ... Senior sentenced for coke crime
The Leader - Surrey,British Columbia,Canada
A second BC man, an accomplice of Allaire's, Allen Roy Turnbull of Surrey, died this year of bacterial meningitis before he could be sentenced in connection ...

4H Camper in Lewis County Diagnosed with Meningitis
WBOY-TV - Clarksburg,WV,USA
JACKSON'S MILL -- Doctors have diagnosed a 14-year old at state 4-H camp at Jackson's Mill with spinal meningitis. Initial tests show that it is the less ...

Birthday bash for charity
Bridgwater Mercury - Bridgwater,Somerset,UK
By Lloyd Vaughan A BRIDGWATER man has scrapped a traditional birthday celebration to give money to his fundraising friend whose son died from meningitis ...

Vaccinations To Be Offered
YourHub.com - Denver,CO,USA
The Colorado Flu Shot Company, owned by Ken-Caryl Ranch resident Lisa Krowl, RN BSN, will be providing Meningitis, Hepatitis "A" Tetnus/Pertussis (Whooping ...

Counselor dies of bacterial meningitis
Burlington Hawk Eye - IA, United States
AP SIOUX CITY -- A Girl Scout counselor has died of bacterial meningitis, prompting extra precautions at the northwest Iowa camp where she worked. ...

Mountains of funding
Richmond and Twickenham Times - UK
By Richard Boullemier Sports masseuse Ainsley Moden has put her body through the rigorous three peaks challenge, all in the name of meningitis. ...

Camp Re-Opens After Meningitis Death
KCAU - Sioux City,IA,USA
On the day friends and family mourn the loss of a young siouxland woman to bacterial meningitis, the camp where she worked is re-opening its doors. ...

Sioux City counselor dies of meningitis
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
By MEGAN GORDON A counselor at a Girl Scout camp north of Sioux City died Friday of bacterial meningitis -- three days after the camp was closed because of ...

Girl Scout counselor dies of bacterial meningitis in NW Iowa
Beatrice Daily Sun - Beatrice,NE,USA
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A Girl Scout counselor has died of bacterial meningitis, prompting extra precautions at the northwest Iowa camp where she worked. ...

Woman with bacterial meningitis dies; Girl Scout camp closes
Fremont Tribune - Fremont,NE,USA
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A University of South Dakota student has died after leaving a Girl Scout camp with bacterial meningitis, hospital officials confirmed. ...

Meningitis Claims Hartington Girl's Life
Yankton Daily Press (subscription) - Yankton,SD,USA
VERMILLION -- Janell Burbach, a 20-year-old student at the University of South Dakota, died Wednesday after contracting bacterial meningitis earlier this ...

Add meningitis shot to camp to-do list
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
Sunscreen, swimsuit, bug repellent - and the meningitis vaccine? Experts say the potentially lifesaving shot is a "must-have" item for kids headed off to ...

Nebraska Student Dies From Meningitis
WOWT - Omaha,NE,USA
Burbach died Wednesday at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City a day after she was flown to the hospital. The Sioux City Argus Leader reported Friday that ...

\ USD student with suspected meningitis dies
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
The 20-year-old University of South Dakota student hospitalized with a possible case of bacterial meningitis Tuesday died Wednesday, according to an ...

USD junior dies from meningitis infection
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Michelle Rydell The 20-year-old University of South Dakota student hospitalized this week with bacterial meningitis died Friday at Mercy Medical Center ...

Camp counselor dies of bacterial meningitis
Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA
Bterial meningitis can cause permanent brain damage or even death. "It still kills somewhere between five and ten percent of the people who get it even with ...

* Meningitis outbreak not imminent
MLive.com - MI,USA
By Pat Shellenbarger GRAND RAPIDS -- The recent deaths of two West Michigan teens, one from meningitis and the other with meningitis-like symptoms, ...

Ada teen may have died from Meningitis
WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
The family says they are being told that she died from either Viral Meningitis and/or Encephalitis. The family says Melanie was fine last week and over the ...

Possible Bacterial Meningitis Case Cancels Girl Scout Camp
kmeg14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
A possible case of bacterial meningitis has canceled activities at a Girl Scout camp in northwest Iowa. A 20-year-old woman who works at Joy Hollow Camp ..

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USD student who had bacterial meningitis dies at hospital
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Michelle Rydell The 20-year-old USD student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis was pronounced brain dead Wednesday at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City ...

Improved vaccine to stall African meningitis epidemics
SciDev.net - UK
Trials of a new meningitis vaccine have shown it to be much more effective in boosting immunity than currently available vaccines, say researchers. ...

Visiting Nurse Services plans meningitis vaccinations
Flint Journal - Flint,MI,USA
Meningitis vaccinations are recommended at Michigan universities and required at other US colleges. Vaccinations will be provided 2-4 pm Thursday and 9-11 ...

Hearing Loss in Children Leads to Substantial Meningitis Risk
DG News - USA
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- March 1, 2007 -- Children who are stricken with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to contract meningitis, according to a new ...

Parents air concerns after student contracts meningitis
Orange County Register - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
An infection that causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, meningococcal meningitis is caused by the bacterium called ...

North Marion football player hospitalized with viral meningitis
Times-West Virginian - Fairmont,WV,USA
By Andrew Manzo RACHEL -- A North Marion High School student and football player was hospitalized Thursday after developing viral meningitis. ...

Army confirms meningitis killed soldier
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
By LAWRENCE LATANE III Tests confirm a Virginia soldier in the Army National Guard who died Monday had bacterial meningitis, a spokeswoman for the Army's ...

TOWN OF TONAWANDA: St. Joe's student dies of meningitis
Tonawanda News - North Tonawanda,NY,USA
The student died from the form of bacterial meningitis Tuesday night. His name was not released pending notification of family members. ...

Viral meningitis case at Longview High School confirmed
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
"The school district is required by law to notify students and parents of any case of bacterial meningitis, which can be contagious," Scott said. ...

OC high school student tests positive for meningitis
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - San Diego,CA,USA
(AP) -- About 280 students, workers and others were treated for possible exposure to bacterial meningitis after a high school student was diagnosed with the ...

Meningitis claims life of student at St. Joe's
Buffalo News - Buffalo,NY,USA
A 14-year-old student at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute died Tuesday night of a severe bacterial meningitis infection. County health and school officials ...

5 Findings Help Predict Low Risk for Bacterial Meningitis
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription) - Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
Clinical prediction rule for identifying children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis at very low risk of bacterial meningitis. JAMA. 2007;297:52�60; ...

Ill student sparks meningitis alert
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
More than 500 students at the University of Stellenbosch have been given preventative medicine after a student was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. ..

Mass vaccination for meningitis starts in Sudan
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JUBA, Sudan, March 1 (Reuters) - Health workers have launched a mass meningitis vaccination campaign in southern Sudan, where 174 people have died from the ...

Treatment hope for meningitis
Healthcare Republic - USA
A treatment for meningitis infection could be developed after scientists identified enzymes produced by the meningitis bacteria to evade attack by the human ...

Terre Haute Native Crusades to Prevent Meningitis
WTWO - Indianapolis,IN,USA
In the fall of 2005 Terre Haute native Ashley Lee came home from college with what she though was the flu, but it was far more serious it was meningitis. ..

Hearing loss in children leads to substantial meningitis risk
Indian Catholic - New Delhi,India
It identified 39 children with both hearing loss and meningitis; of these children, five were first diagnosed with hearing loss, and later, meningitis. ...

Longview Worker Confirmed Viral Meningitis Case
KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA
A worker for Longview high school has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. The Gregg county health department notified LISD about it last week, ...

Coroner: Child's death not meningitis
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA
"The young fellow did not have meningitis. He was not contagious nor was he infectious." The news brought relief to school officials, but it doesn't lessen ...

Mass vaccination for meningitis starts in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
March 1, 2007 (JUBA, Sudan) � Health workers have launched a mass meningitis vaccination campaign in southern Sudan, where 174 people have died from the ...

Urgent appeal - Burkina Faso meningitis epidemic
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
We are appealing for your help for the children of Burkina Faso, a country which, according to experts, stands on the brink of a meningitis epidemic. ...

Family Spreads Awareness After Meningitis Death
KUTV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... thing for somebody so young to pass away.� The Health Department says meningitis is a seasonal illness. They see more cases in the winter and spring.

Hargrove: "Child Did Not Have Meningitis"
WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
Officials now say a Harrison County child who died Thursday did not have meningitis, and is not contagious in any way. Alexander Callender, 6, of Pass ...

Mom wants vaccine for meningitis on the list
Coquitlam Tri City News - B.C., Canada
But one mom wants more parents to consider including a meningitis vaccine as part of that routine. Sherry Webster, a Quesnel resident and the provincial ...
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Encephalitis from West Nile: Who's at risk?
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
If the virus enters the brain, it can cause encephalitis or meningitis. In the current case series, 42 percent of patients were still reporting symptoms ...
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Baby Jessica's meningitis battle
Burnley Express - Burnley,Lancashire,UK
"The nurses told me there are 2500 cases of meningitis each year but only 500 of those people survive. We were very lucky, other families might not be. ...

Meningitis declines after booster shots
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
The numbers of vaccinated children getting a dangerous form of meningitis have fallen again, after it was decided to introduce a booster shot. ...

Lab Results Confirm Meningitis Death
WTMJ-TV - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The results on 26-year-old Sgt. Jonathan M. Forde are positive for bacterial meningitis. Autopsy results are still pending. According to the Centers for ...

Doctors recommend middle school children get vaccines to fight off ...
NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA
There are 1400 to 2800 cases a year in the US The most common forms of the bacterial disease are meningitis and blood infection. "Although it's very rare, ...

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12 year old boy dies of rare type of Meningitis
590 KLBJ News Radio - Austin,TX,USA
But Wednesday he died at the Dell Children's hospital after battling amoebic meningitis for over a week. Doctors think he became infected while swimming in ...
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Meningitis vaccinations for college students
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
By RYAN STOTTS | La Crosse Tribune While not all colleges and universities require students be vaccinated against meningitis, it is strongly encouraged, ...

Baylor University taking steps to prevent the spread of meningitis
KCEN-TV - Eddy,TX,USA
Even though meningitis is rare, it is extremely contagious which means living in close quarters like a dorm could mean devastating results. ...

Good counsel: Bacterial meningitis
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
As the name suggests, bacterial meningitis is caused by a bacteria. The bacteria enter the body through the nose and mouth and wreak havoc in the blood and ...

Boy dies from rare meningitis contracted in Lake LBJ
Houston Chronicle - United States
2007 AP AUSTIN -- A 12-year-old Travis County boy has died after contracting a rare and unusually fatal form of meningitis. John Patrick "Jack" Herrera, ...

Sudan: Mass vaccination for meningitis starts in southern Sudan
SomaliNet - USA
(SomaliNet) Health workers have launched a mass meningitis vaccination campaign in southern Sudan, where 174 people have died from the disease this year, ...

Possible meningitis case causes concern
Morgan County Citizen - Madison,GA,USA
Morgan County Middle School and the Morgan County Board of Education announced a possible case of meningitis at the school last week. ...

WEST AFRICA: Meningitis death toll rises
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
OUAGADOUGOU, 5 March (IRIN) - The death toll from a meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso rose to 324 on Friday and the United Nations says outbreaks and ...

Officials trying to determine student�s cause of death
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
JEFFERSON COUNTY � State and county health officials are working to determine whether a local high school student died of bacterial meningitis. ...

Genome of meningitis-causing bacteria uncovered
DrugResearcher.com - Montpellier,France
05/03/2007 - Yale University researchers have sequenced the genome of a bacteria that can cause various infections, including meningitis and pneumonia. ...

Protecting Yourself From Meningitis
WTMJ-TV - Milwaukee,WI,USA
MILWAUKEE - It's believed meningitis is to blame for the death of soldier at Fort McCoy. Nearly 30 other solders from the same unit were treated as a ...
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Travis County boy fights rare meningitis
Houston Chronicle - United States
AP AUSTIN -- A Travis County boy is fighting what health officials believe is a rare and usually fatal form of meningitis. The boy, who health officials said ...
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Runners join bid to find brain bug cure
Sunderland Echo - UK
Nick Walton, of Ayton, Washington, survived one bout of the deadly meningitis B virus, in June 2005, but died in hospital on October 1 last year after the ...
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What is meningitis, and how is it treated?
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
By TAMMIE SMITH An estimated 1400 to 2800 cases of meningococcal meningitis occur in the United States every year. Here is some additional information about ...

Preventing Meningitis
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
The recent case of bacterial meningitis at Fort McCoy in Wiscounsin is evidence that prevention is imperative. It used to be that the meningococcal vaccine ...

Meningitis blamed for soldier's death
Chicago Tribune - United States
... with a Virginia-based unit preparing to go to Iraq died after contracting what health officials believe was a severe case of bacterial meningitis. ...

Meningitis Vaccinations Recommended For College Students
Nebraska StatePaper.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Meningococcal meningitis infections are not common - only 1400 to 2800 cases occur in the US annually. However, ten percent of teens who get meningitis die ...

Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
Kenosha was saddened by the news that a Tremper High School student died suddenly after developing bacterial meningitis. ...

Second Case Of Viral Meningitis Concerns Parents
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
Uganda: Koboko NRM Celebrations Suspended Over Meningitis
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Weeping mother tells how son died
The Asian News - UK
Surviving and Understanding Meningitis
ABC News - USA Vaccines help reduce meningitis cases
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA