6 Lesser Known Symptoms of Chronic Pain
Pain hurts ― and chronic pain hurts almost all the time. While some causes of chronic pain are well-understood, sometimes pain just happens, and doctors are at a loss to explain why. Unfortunately, most chronic More...
Michigan reports seven new fungal infections linked to tainted steroids
Fungal infections linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company, NECC, continue to be confirmed in the Wolverine State as health officials report seven additional cases in just More...
Petaluma teen, Christopher Pozzi-Swain, hospitalized with meningococcal disease
A Petaluma High School student has been diagnosed and hospitalized with serious case of meningococcal bloodstream infection prompting the school to notify students and parents about symptoms to be alert for, according More...
Follow-up: SUNY Oswego student confirmed positive for bacterial meningitis
In a follow-up to a story earlier today, the SUNY Oswego freshman who has been hospitalized for suspected bacterial meningitis, has now been confirmed positive for the serious bacterial infection, according to More...
SUNY Oswego student hospitalized with suspected bacterial meningitis, recovering in Syracuse hospital
Oswego County health officials are investigating a suspected case of bacterial meningitis in a State University of New York, Oswego (SUNY) student, according to a SUNY Oswego news release Feb. 18. Image/Video Screen More...
African Lab Rats, exploring the victims of the Bill Gates backed Meningitis Vaccine
While people talk of the tragedy of 20 elementary school children being shot down in Newtown, CT, perhaps we ought to also consider the tragedy of the other kind of “shots” … shots made by pharmaceutical More...
Loyola University Maryland student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
An undergraduate student at a Baltimore university has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and is hospitalized in serious, but stable condition at a local hospital, according to a Loyola University Maryland More...
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...
Hong Kong CHP investigate severe EV infection with meningitis in infant boy
Hong Kong Image/CIA Hong Kong health officials are urging the public to be alert to and vigilant against enterovirus in light of a severe pediatric case in a 2 month old boy, according to a Centre for Health Protection 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...
Glen Burnie High School junior dies of apparent meningococcal meningitis
Glen Burnie High SchoolImage/Video Screen Shot A junior at Glen Burnie High School in Anne Arundel County died Tuesday after becoming ill the day before with symptoms associated with possible bacterial (meningococcal) 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...
