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  1. HuffPost Canada's Top Viral Stories: A Year In Review
    The Huffington Post logo The Huffington Post 1 hour ago

    If you've got a case of viral meningitis, you'll want to see a doctor. If your computer has a viral infection, chances are you'll be praying to some higher power that you backed up your data. But at The Huffington Post Canada, viral news is the stuff... Full Article at The Huffington Post

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    The effects of a brain injury are devastating both for the brain injury survivor and for their loved ones. After a brain injury there are both physical and psychological changes; physical disabilities, thinking and learning difficulties, memory loss,... Full Article at This is Bristol

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago
    Meningitis Angels Launch National Photo Contest "I Took the Shot" -- www.meningitis-angels. org.

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  4. the French section of the Special Operations Executive sent 39 women into the field between May 1941 and September 1944. Of these, 12 were murdered, following their capture by the Germans, and one died of meningitis during her mission. The remainder survived the war.
    SOURCE: The Scotsman 2 weeks ago
  5. Appeal launched to buy equipment for brave Colne baby
    The Burnley Citizen logo The Burnley Citizen 3 hours ago

    "These cost around £7,000 just for one leg.” So far £700 has been raised through activities including a charity walk. Julie said: “We have had fantastic support from the community so far and we hope that this will continue. “We have raised £5,750 for... Full Article at The Burnley Citizen

  6. The Citizen published Toddle waddle for Stroud youngsters
    This is Gloucestershire logo This is Gloucestershire 5 hours ago

    TODDLERS have been waddling in the sunshine in aid of charity. St Rose's School, in Stroud, held a Sponsored Toddle on Monday April 30 in aid of the Meningitis Trust. QUACKING DAY: Toddle Waddle at the Old Station Nursery, Innsworth, with Monty The... Full Article at This is Gloucestershire

  7. World: Ending An Epidemic: The Story of the Meningitis A Vaccine
    Humanitarian News 6 hours ago

    "Humanitarian News" is now easier and faster to browse on mobile devices. Our friends at Macaroni Bros developed a beautiful mobile theme, automatically detecting if you use a computer, phone or tablet! Meningitis may not be entirely unfamiliar to most... Full Article at Humanitarian News

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago
    Bill Gates (L), the father of Bill Gates, gets ready to vaccinate a toddler against poliomyelitis on April 25, 2012 in Tegucigalpa. The Honduran Health Ministry attempts to immunize 1,4 million children against polio, hepatitis B, meningitis, rotavirus,...

    Bill Gates (L), the father of Bill Gates, gets ready to vaccinate a toddler against poliomyelitis on April 25, 2012 in Tegucigalpa. The Honduran Health Ministry attempts to immunize 1,4 million children against polio, hepatitis B, meningitis, rotavirus,... View Photo »

  9. I would have either died as an infant when I got spinal meningitis, or during my pregnancy- I had HELLP and ecclampsia. I can tell you one thing, I’m glad were not living 150 years ago, bc I would be dead.
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  2. Bill Gates (L), the father of Bill Gates, gets ready to vaccinate a toddler against poliomyelitis on April 25, 2012 in Tegucigalpa. The Honduran Health Ministry attempts to immunize 1,4 million children against polio, hepatitis B, meningitis, rotavirus, pneumococcal infection, measles,...
  3. COMMERCIAL PHOTO - In this image taken by AP Images for Novartis, Jamie Schanbaum, front, meningitis survivor and founder of The J.A.M.I.E. Group, and representatives of the National Meningitis Association join hands in Rockefeller Center to raise awareness on World Meningitis Day,...
  4. Pictur shows Francis Nikiema, President of the National Association of Burkina Students (ANEB) in Koudougou on February 15, 2012. Violent clashes erupted on February 22, 2011 between youth and police forces after the death of a schoolboy, Justin Zongo whom the authorities said he had...
  5. Picture shows Kisito Dakio the head of a local human rights organisation in Koudougou on February 15, 2012. Violent clashes erupted on February 22, 2011 between youth and police forces after the death of a schoolboy, Justin Zongo whom the authorities said had died from meningitis, a...
  6. CORRECTING DATES Picture taken on February 15, 2012 shows the burnt home of Burkina Faso's former Prime Minister Tertius Zongo in Koudougou. Violent clashes erupted on February 22, 2011 between youth and police forces after the death of a schoolboy, Justin Zongo whom the authorities...
  7. Picture taken on February, 2011 shows the burnt home of Burkina Faso's former Prime Minister Tertius Zongo in Koudougouon, following a youth demonstration. Violent clashes erupted on February 22, 2011 between youth and police forces after the death of a scoolboy, Justin Zongo whom the...
  8. MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 15: Dr. Trevor Smith, Florida Department of Agriculture, picks up a Giant African land snail as he works on eradicating a population of the invasive species in Miami-Dade County on September 15, 2011 in Miami, Florida. The Giant African land snail is one of the...
  9. MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 15: Olga Garcia, Environmental Specialist Florida Department of Agriculture, grabs a Giant African land snail from the side of a house as she works on eradicating a population of the invasive species in Miami-Dade County on September 15, 2011 in Miami, Florida. ...

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  1. the French section of the Special Operations Executive sent 39 women into the field between May 1941 and September 1944. Of these, 12 were murdered, following their capture by the Germans, and one died of meningitis during her mission. The remainder survived the war.
    SOURCE: The Scotsman 2 weeks ago
  2. I would have either died as an infant when I got spinal meningitis, or during my pregnancy- I had HELLP and ecclampsia. I can tell you one thing, I’m glad were not living 150 years ago, bc I would be dead.
    SOURCE: BabyCenter - MomFormation 2 weeks ago
  3. Meningitis does not stop at the dorm room door. It is imperative we educate all on this deadly disease as well as other forms of vaccine preventable meningitis
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 weeks ago
  4. Meningitis does not stop at the dorm room door. It is imperative we educate all on this deadly disease as well as other forms of vaccine preventable meningitis
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 weeks ago
  5. We must do everything to prevent this deadly disease in the age groups where it is preventable. It is the right thing to do. No infant, child or adult should die or be left debilitated from any vaccine preventable disease especially one as deadly as meningitis
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 weeks ago
  6. The TAM was discovered in many disease-causing bacteria, from micro-organisms that cause whooping cough and meningitis, to hospital-acquired bacteria that are developing resistance to current antibiotics
    SOURCE: Futurity.org 3 weeks ago
  7. Type 1 occurs in children more frequent than cancer, meningitis, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy and yet people know nothing about it
    SOURCE: This Is Plymouth 3 weeks ago
  8. Imagine if your son Mathew shared a Coke at school with a friend, contacted meningitis, then came home and simply passed away.
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 3 weeks ago
  9. The adult immunisation included vaccines for Hepatitis-B, chickenpox influenza, Pneumonia, as well as the vaccines for diabetics and cervical cancer. Haj and Umrah pilgrims are required to get vaccinated for Meningitis, Influenza and other infectious diseases
    SOURCE: GulfToday.ae 3 weeks ago
  10. It is advanced on her behalf that the paediatric senior house officer [at Wrexham Maelor] should have referred Kate there and then to the paediatric registrar. Had that been done it is her case that Kate would have been admitted to hospital and antibiotics administered which would have prevented the ons...
    SOURCE: Wales Online 3 weeks ago
  11. We estimate that if they scale up the coverage of pneumonia and diarrhea vaccines over this decade, they'll prevent more than 14,000 child deaths and 1.4 million cases of meningitis, pneumonia and diarrhea
    SOURCE: Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association 4 weeks ago
  12. After he was born, I got Sayef to Baghdad and I had the most important neurosurgeons check him. They said they could do nothing. He had a hole in his back that was closed and then a hole in his head. The first operation did not succeed. He had meningitis.
    SOURCE: Belfast Telegraph 4 weeks ago
  13. Last time one of our paramedics treated a Palestinian girl suffering from meningitis, and in another incident I treated a jaundice patient who arrived with a severe cerebral hemorrhage
    SOURCE: The Jewish Chronicle 4 weeks ago
  14. Many pilgrims are reluctant to take meningitis vaccines, making them more prone to infection
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Post 4 weeks ago
  15. Hundreds of thousands of people could be displaced, aggravating poverty and increasing the spread of vector-borne diseases and epidemics such as malaria, meningitis and cholera.
    SOURCE: The Hindu 4 weeks ago
  16. Meningitis is a lot like the flu and can kill you quickly, so it’s important to me that parents and kids know about it and how important it is to get vaccinated
    SOURCE: Celebrity Baby Scoop 4 weeks ago
  17. In spite of the appropriate use of antibiotics, the mortality rate due to acute bacterial meningitis has been noticeably high in India (16-32 per cent). Increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance also underscored the importance of prevention through vaccination
    SOURCE: The Hindu 1 month ago
  18. Infectious diseased like meningitis and pneumonia attack infants because of their low immunity and can prove fatal if not diagnosed and treated on time
    SOURCE: The Hindu 1 month ago
  19. Currently, there is no vaccine to protect against viral meningitis, however, some vaccines on the recommended childhood schedule, such as MMR and varicella-zoster, can help protect against infections that may lead to viral meningitis
    SOURCE: Times of India 1 month ago
  20. Meningitis can affect people of all ages, but infants, children and adolescents are at an increased risk of infection. However, if the children are vaccinated, almost all forms of meningitis, except viral meningitis (which is not fatal), is preventable
    SOURCE: Times of India 1 month ago
  21. Meningitis can affect people of all ages, but infants, children and adolescents are at an increased risk of infection. However, if the children are vaccinated, almost all forms of meningitis, except viral meningitis (which is not fatal), is preventable
    SOURCE: Times of India 1 month ago
  22. In Woodside, Calif., there was a woman whose son was diagnosed with meningitis, and she got the word out through Nextdoor.
    SOURCE: Baltimore Sun 1 month ago
  23. Last time, one of the paramedics on guard treated a young girl suffering from meningitis, and during the third incident, I treated a girl who had severe jaundice. In both incidents, the patients were transferred to an Israeli hospital for additional medical care
    SOURCE: Ynetnews 1 month ago
  24. The benefits of immunization aren’t only for children. Vaccination offers protection to adolescents and adults against life-threatening diseases such as influenza, meningitis, and cervical cancer
    SOURCE: World Health Organization 1 month ago
  25. In that camp, people were dying — meningitis, malaria, some would have seizures, then die the next day. So a lot of us were into Christianity and church.
    SOURCE: Denver Post 1 month ago

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