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...
NYC health officials issue expanded vaccine recommendations due to meningococcal disease outbreak among gay men
Two new cases of meningitis among men who have sex with men were reported over the past five weeks has prompted New York City health officials to issue new recommendations for vaccinating against invasive meningococcal 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...
Arizona confirms first human case of West Nile Virus this year
A Maricopa County woman in her 30’s is the first laboratory confirmed case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Arizona in 2012. Photo/CDC According to a Maricopa County Department of Public Health news release Wednesday, More...
Neti Pots, Naegleria and You
After two reported deaths in Louisiana this year from “brain-eating amoebas” after using neti pots, health authorities and the manufacturer of nasal wash device are warning the public not to use unsterilized More...
