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...
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...
San Diego State University graduate student, Marco Fagoada, dies from meningococcal meningitis
Neisseria meningitidisImage/CDC San Diego State University (SDSU) officials say a graduate student has died after contracting the deadly meningococcal meningitis, according to a university news release Dec. 13. According 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...
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...
MSC Orchestra crewmember, Ermandiasa I Gede, dies from bacterial meningitis
Nine days after initial reports of four crewmembers contracting a serious form of bacterial meninigitis, a 32-year-old Indonesian crew member died Tuesday Oct. 16 at a Livorno, Italy hospital. The crewmember, identified More...
Christchurch teen, Britney Skeggs, succumbs to meningitis
An adopted daughter and former Southland Girls’ High School student sadly died late last week from meningitis shortly after being admitted to a Christchurch, New Zealand hospital. Image/R.I.P Britney Skeggs Facebook More...