Kalamazoo College student, Emily Stillman dies from meningococcal meningitis
A Kalamazoo College sophomore died Sunday at a local hospital due to complications associated with bacterial meningitis, according to a college news release Feb.3. Kalamazoo County Michigan Image/David Benbennick The More...
Bexsero, first Meningitis B vaccine, receives European Commission approval
Photo/CDC/ Debora Cartagena Switzerland-based pharmaceutical and health care company, Novartis announced this week that it’s Meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero, has received approval from the European Commission More...
Stockton, Ca. fourth grade student dies from possible bacterial meningitis
Letter sent to parentsImage/Video Screen Shot The Kennedy Elementary School and the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) communities are mourning the death of a fourth grade student who died Sunday from what More...
San Francisco health officials suggest MSM consider meningitis vaccine if traveling to NYC
San Francisco flag Public domain image/Makaristos via Wikimedia Commons In a follow-up to a story last week, officials with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) are asking men who have sex with More...
Michigan high school student contracts non-contagious bacterial meningitis
A student from New Haven High School in New Haven, Michigan has been hospitalized and confirmed positive for bacterial meningitis, prompting the school principal to send a letter to parents on Nov. 20. In a letter More...
Rick Scott gives out sex hotline phone number instead of meningitis helpline
Florida Gov. Rick Scott mistakenly sent Floridians seeking information on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak to a sex hot line. donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com Scott was at a Florida Cabinet meeting on Tuesday More...
Queensbury H.S. student, Jonathan Vasiliou, dies from possible bacterial meningitis
School officials with the Queensbury Union Free School District had the tough task today of announcing the sad and untimely death of one of it students. Image/David Benbennick via Wikimedia Commons According to More...
