Meningitis
Somali patients are pictured at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu on April 24, 2013. Somali children under one year of age will now receive the pentavalent vaccine, a combination of five vaccines in one against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) - the bacteria that cause meningitis, pneumonia. The initiative was launched by the GAVI Alliance, UNICEF and WHO. Somalia has one of the lowest immunisation rates in the world. The launch coincides with World Immunization Week.
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It is important that children receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as it provides protection against very serious and potentially fatal infections, including meningitis and bloodstream infections. The new vaccine protects against an additional six types of pneumococcal bacteria
Because the immune system is so underdeveloped against the meningitis bacteria at a young age, it gets in the body and multiplies and the treatment is not given in time because the disease doesn't declare itself early enough.
What we didn't know was that there were a series of spinal infections without meningitis.More quotes »
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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears to be as Safe as Previously Used Vaccine
types of pneumococcal infections include middle-ear infections, sinus infections, lung infections, bloodstream infections and meningitis. According to the CDC, each year in the U.S. pneumococcal bacteria cause about 4,000 cases of bloodstream infections (bacteremia), 5/22/13 from PR Newswire Read more »
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Meningitis: Compounding bill emerges from Senate
makes it absolutely clear who is in charge of overseeing these compounding businesses and this report confirms that the tragic meningitis outbreak came on the heels of many reports about dangerous practices at poorly regulated large-scale compounders, and 5/22/13 from The Tennessean Read more »
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The Son by Michel Rostain
words from the blurb: meningitis, death, son, grief, life Michel Rostain’s teenage son died suddenly from a virulent strain of meningitis. The Son is the fictionalised story of a family who lose their son to the same disease. It is written from the perspective 5/22/13 from Farm Lane Books Blog Read more »
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Proteching Your Family From Mosquitoes & Ticks
HOW TO PREVENT AND TREAT 1. Why use mosquito spray? a. Mosquitos carry viruses such as the West Nile Virus. The WNV can cause meningitis, encephalitis and death. Last year there were over 5600 cases of WNV and 286 deaths in the United States. b. Plus lets 5/22/13 from WZZM Grand Rapids Read more »
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NEWS: Daily Debriefing
Princeton University student was hospitalized with symptoms of bacterial meningitis on Monday, the fourth case linked to the university in two months, The Daily Princetonian reported. The New Jersey State Department of Health officially designated the four 5/22/13 from The Dartmouth Read more »
