Get Your Vaccine for Seasonal Flu, Experts Urge Nov 7, 2009
In addition to flu shots, people 65 and older and anyone over 2 years of age with a chronic illness should also get vaccinated against pneumococcal disease, which can lead to severe illness, including bacterial pneumonia, bloodstream infection and meningitis. "It reduces the risk of serious illness from a common bacteria," Frieden said. (MEDLINEplus)
Click to read:H1N1 Also a Danger to Older Patients Nov 4, 2009
It felt like I had pneumonia (could not take a full breath) and near the end of it I felt like I was getting meningitis. My neck was very stiff and in the morning I could hardly open my jaw. (CBS News)
Headaches and heartaches: Wife's persistence leads to relief Nov 2, 2009
In danger of developing meningitis or losing an eye, the implant had to go, and Jason took yet another medical leave. Asked for a second device, the Camerons' new insurance carrier, Aetna, denied the request in a letter sent this past May. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Town to spray for mosquitoes for third time this month (188) Nov 2, 2009
West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease is when the virus enters the nervous system and the patient develops meningitis or encephalitis. These cases can be severe and can lead to death. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Progress Made On Group B Streptococcus Vaccine Nov 1, 2009
GBS is the most common cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It can also cause severe illness in pregnant women, the elderly and adults with chronic illnesses. (Science Daily)
Genetic Links To Fungal Infection Risk Identified Oct 31, 2009
(July 4, 2009) Researchers have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive individuals are most likely to develop deadly fungal meningitis, a major cause of HIV-related death. This form of meningitis. (Science Daily)
Child dies from meningococcal disease Oct 30, 2009
Meningococcal disease is a form of meningitis caused by the meningococcal bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, and marked by its rapid onset from flu-like symptoms to a sometimes fatal outcome. This year there have been 47 cases in Queensland, including two deaths. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
BU grad student develops infection Oct 30, 2009
A graduate student on Boston University s medical campus developed a bacterial infection just days after conducting experiments with dangerous meningitis germs, prompting city health investigators yesterday to scour the lab where he worked and university officials to dispense antibiotics to other scientists ... Safety specialists from the Boston Public Health Commission who visited the meningitis lab in the Evans Biomedical Research Center on Albany Street found nothing obvious that suggested... (Boston Globe)
Meningitis outbreak kills 4 in northeastern Brazil Oct 28, 2009
BRASILIA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of meningitis type C resulted in four deaths in the Bahia state of northeastern Brazil, local health secretary Messias Boaventura said Tuesday ... So far this year, Bahia has recorded 770 cases of meningitis, which are 60 percent more than the number identified last year. (Xinhuanet, China)
Common Adverse Vaccine Reactions Oct 27, 2009
Other vaccinations given to children include the DTaP that offers protection against diphtheria, tetanus and polio and the Hib vaccine that can help protect against a form of meningitis. Common Vaccine Reactions and Side Effects. (Suite101.com)
H1N1 to-do list Oct 25, 2009
However, the pneumonia vaccine, a shot that can help prevent any illness caused by certain types of pneumococcus bacteria, including meningitis and ear infections, may be a good idea too. The CDC has analyzed H1N1-related deaths and found many people who died had dual infections, including some with pneumococcus. (CNN -- US)
Congo-Kinshasa: Child Disability, the Forgotten Crisis Oct 24, 2009
Minimal access to healthcare, clean water, and overall poor nutrition during pregnancy lead to common congenital disabilities in children such as spina-bifida and limb deformities, and young children predisposed to early childhood diseases such as meningitis and polio, explained Keyser. Access routes to health centres are often blocked for patients and medical teams. (allAfrica.com)
Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology Oct 24, 2009
NTHI, commonly found in the human respiratory tract, may remain asymptomatic in healthy individuals or it can cause invasive diseases such as meningitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, and bronchitis. It is also the pathogen most frequently isolated in the respiratory tract of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis. (EurekAlert!)
Thumbs down on abuse, up for the fact people finally are paying attention Oct 24, 2009
And best wishes to Justin Jackson, too, a six-year-old Conger student who contracted bacterial meningitis and is now in an intensive care unit. Arrangements were made in his case for folks to make donations through the Highland Branch of SOFCU Community Credit Union at 3737 Shasta Way. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Worldwide Vaccine Availability Reaches All-Time High Oct 23, 2009
Recently developed vaccines include those to protect against meningococcal meningitis, rotavirus diarrhea, pneumococcal disease and human papillomavirus (HPV). Vaccines now in late-stage testing include more than 30 that target diseases for which no vaccine currently exists. (MEDLINEplus)
Qld toddler has meningococcal disease Oct 23, 2009
"Meningococcal disease is an acute bacterial disease causing meningitis and/or septicaemia. "It should be noted that chemoprophylaxis will not stop disease if infection is already present, so contacts will be made aware of signs and symptoms of the disease. " Dr Young said infection is frequently characterised by the sudden onset of fever, intense headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck or minute red or purple spots on the surface of the skin. "It is not easy to catch the disease although the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Scientists create NICE solution to pneumonia vaccine testing problems Oct 23, 2009
The leading cause of pneumonia worldwide is the pneumococcus bacterium, which also causes meningitis, sepsis and other complications. Pneumococcus has more than 90 strains that vary by geographic region and change over time. (EurekAlert!)
Philippines Brace for New Typhoon as Disaster Recovery Continues Oct 23, 2009
The disease, leptospirosis, is caused by exposure to contaminated water and can cause symptoms ranging from fever and chills to liver failure and meningitis. AmeriCares sent several powerful antibiotics and other medicines to help people who have become ill with the dangerous disease. (AlertNet)
Criticism over meningitis death Oct 23, 2009
A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill ... Mr Mitford recorded a narrative verdict, adding that the death was due to "natural causes to which a delay in giving antibiotic treatment for meningitis may have contributed". (BBC News -- UK)
Quest for swine flu vaccine giving some firms a boost Oct 22, 2009
But the urgency also has taught the companies valuable lessons about handling pandemics; helped them hone emergency response programs; and fueled new research, acquisitions, and investments in vaccines for viruses and infections ranging from hepatitis to meningitis. That will benefit them long after the H1N1 alert is over. (Boston Globe)
A Pox on You Oct 21, 2009
As a result, unvaccinated children have died from totally preventable infectious diseases such as measles, meningitis, and pertussis ... But it isn't as sobering as the case in January in Minnesota in which an Hib meningitis outbreak severely sickened four children and killed one infant. (Slate)
Howard came to UConn to give family a better life Oct 21, 2009
His youngest sister had health issues after battling a severe case of meningitis. Howard hated not being there to help. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
First batch of Haj pilgrims leaves today Oct 20, 2009
He said, "At present, a vaccine is not available against H1N1 swine flu in India. So the question of vaccinating pilgrims like in the case of meningitis does not arise. The ministry also does not have enough money to provide Tamiflu and masks to every pilgrim free of cost.". Around three million Muslim pilgrims from over 160 countries head for the holy city of Mecca every year to be part of the world's biggest religious gathering. (India Times, India)
UConn Football Player Jasper Howard Stabbed To Death On Campus Oct 20, 2009
His mother, Joangila, worked many jobs to support him and his sisters, Keyondra and Jasmine, who is afflicted with meningitis. Howard, the first in his family to go to college, also spoke often about his dream of making it professionally so he could support his family. (FOX61, CT)
Montana Infant With Flu Dies At Seattle Hospital Oct 20, 2009
He was flown to Seattle in critical condition Friday night when doctors found Conner developed a secondary infection called Streptococcus Pneumoniae Meningitis, and that is what ultimately took his life. The infant passed away at around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Seattle. (KIRO TV, WA)
Parents can use Medisave to pay for pneumococcal vaccinations from Nov Oct 19, 2009
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Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines' effects Oct 19, 2009
It involved 459 healthy infants, 9 to 16 weeks old, who were getting vaccines against polio, pneumonia, meningitis, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis and other childhood diseases. Half were given three doses of Calpol, or paracetamol a Tylenol-like brand sold in Europe during the first day after vaccination. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Officials: Two with meningitis dead in Lancaster County Oct 18, 2009
LANCASTER The state Department of Health says two residents of Lancaster County in central Pennsylvania who had meningitis have died in the past few days. Department spokeswoman Holli Senior says one of the cases appears to be viral meningitis although that person may have died of an underlying health condition and the other bacterial meningitis ... Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
At Perkins School for the Blind, new building reflects new vision Oct 18, 2009
As medicine advanced, many of the causes of blindness - meningitis, scarlet fever, cataracts, sexually transmitted diseases passed on at birth - became treatable. Educational philosophies also changed from the days when blind students were considered unable to be taught or, later, only in special institutions. (Boston Globe)
Click to read:More H1N1 Cases, Fewer Vaccines Oct 17, 2009
Recently Hib vaccine prtecting against meningitis for infants has been short. Heb B vaccine supply is short in some areas. (CBS News)
Slippery Rock issues meningitis alert after death Oct 17, 2009
Spokesman Karl Schwab says 20-year-old Benjamin Swantner, of Natrona Heights, died about 3:30 a.m. Friday at Grove City Medical Center (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A red dawn may be the least of your worries - a lot worse can blow in Oct 17, 2009
It also seems probable that they can carry alarming diseases such as meningitis among humans in Africa and foot-and-mouth among animals in Britain. (Saharan dust is now reportedly being blown far north of the Alps - last year the British Meteorological Office detected it in ''old'' South Wales. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Immune Cells Predict Outcome Of West Nile Virus Infection Oct 16, 2009
However, it can cause fever, meningitis, and/or encephalitis. What determines the outcome of infection with WNV in different people has not been determined. (Science Daily)
DEA raids Urgent Care, docs office Oct 16, 2009
Margie wrote on Oct 15, 2009 1:35 PM:" Dr.Jahani is a wonderful doctor and I can not believe what his ex hired help is saying about him, I think Creels is after one thing and that is Dr.Jahani's hard earned money.I will only say good things about Dr'Jahani after all he has helped me over the last 8 years. He also saved my live when I meningitis in my back, he had me air lived to Denver.God bless you ". continued wrote on Oct 15, 2009 1:11 PM:" continued. i had one doctor in montrose refuse my... (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
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Some may have swollen, infected navels, while others may have symptoms of pneumonia or meningitis. Keds. (Agri-View, WI)
Kolkata: Rat bites patient in hospital Oct 13, 2009
Rat droppings can carry any number of viral and bacterial infections, including hantavirus, plague, typhus, leptospirosis and meningitis. Topics. (India Times, India)
VA Tech Student's Life Saved By Radical Treatment Oct 13, 2009
Meningitis is highly contagious ... According to the Mayo Clinic, basic Meningitis symptoms include. (W-USA News, DC)
Patience urged in getting flu shots Oct 8, 2009
The Health Department and school districts already have been working closely on a campaign to bring the county's schoolchildren in line with new county vaccination requirements for chicken pox, meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. Schools last week began barring students who lacked the vaccines, prompting families to flood Health Department clinics. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cocaine vaccine may reduce 'use' Oct 7, 2009
"It's only at week eight that we get full levels of blocking antibodies. "We have already tried the vaccine with a different carrier supplied by Merck Pharmaceuticals - this is based on the meningitis virus and it is provoking much better levels of antibodies. "We are excited because of all the other drugs we can design antibody vaccines for. "All the other drugs of addiction should work except alcohol because that molecule is too small to make an antibody to it. (BBC News -- Americas)
When to Take Your Child to the ER Oct 7, 2009
But, if your child has been behaving normally, and begins to speak in an entirely different way, or babbles incessantly, it could be a sign of a more serious problem like high fever or meningitis. MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News -- Health)
Teacher Diagnosed With Meningitis Oct 7, 2009
ANGLETON, Texas -- An elementary school teacher has been diagnosed with meningitis, KPRC Local 2 reported ... Officials have not said if the teacher has bacterial or viral meningitis. (Click2Houston, TX)
Inflamed passions Oct 7, 2009
" What's the problem?It is also widely acknowledged that immunisation programmes are a victim of their own success. Smallpox was eradicated by vaccination In the West, the long absence of many childhood diseases is taken for granted as debilitating and sometimes fatal diseases - including poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and meningitis - have either been eliminated or are very rare. But it is estimated that within the 53 countries of the WHO European region, more than 500,000... (BBC News -- UK)
Vaccines to reach both sides of border Oct 5, 2009
VACCINES OFFERED: DTaP, which protects against diptheria, tetanus and whooping cough DTP, which protects against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis DT, which protects against tetanus and diptheria for adults TD, which protects against tetanus and diptheria MMR, which protects against measels, mumps and rubella Hib, which protects against meningitis and pneumonia Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Chickenpox Rotavirus Pneumococcal Polysaccharide. Stephanie A. Wilken can be reached at swilken@yumasun. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Lodi couple indicted on charges of child abuse Oct 4, 2009
The staff thought the infant may have contracted meningitis, because he couldn't move his neck, so they transferred him to Lodi Memorial Hospital. The Lodi Memorial Hospital staff re-examined the child and determined the child may have been a victim of physical abuse. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Burliss: Left and right, night and day Oct 3, 2009
They re due for a pile of shots between them a second round of chicken pox, their first flu vaccine, meningitis, Gardasil: human papillomavirus and a tetanus booster. Wow. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Student Vaccination Deadline Arrives Oct 2, 2009
The state health department is requiring new shots for kindergarten and seventh-grade students, including shots for meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough and chicken pox. Students who have not had the required vaccines will not be allowed to attend class. (Click2Houston, TX)
Students barred from school for lack of shots Oct 2, 2009
In addition to shots long required, the county mandated that students receive immunizations or a waiver for chickenpox, meningitis and a combination vaccine known as Tdap that includes tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) ... Part of that is because meningitis and Tdap vaccinations are required only for grades 7 and higher; part is because high schools have large student populations. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Conger student critical at Portland hospitalA 7-year-old boy was airlifted Monday and is being treated for non-contagious bacterial meningitis Oct 1, 2009
A 7-year-old boy was airlifted Monday and is being treated for non-contagious bacterial meningitis. Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:16 PM PDT A Conger Elementary School student is listed in critical condition at a Portland area hospital with a non-contagious bacterial meningitis. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Lake Wales man alsovictim of rare lake amoebae Oct 1, 2009
Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:12 AM EDT The death of a Lake Wales college student last week of a rare form of meningitis, and a second death reported this week in Polk County, is spotlighting the need for caution when frequenting warm fresh-water swimming holes. The 22-year-old died Sept. 21 at Florida Hospital Orlando after being admitted a day earlier for treatment to exposure to a warm-water ameba known to cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). (Lake Wales News, FL)
Deadline for student vaccinations is today Oct 1, 2009
Other requirements include meningitis and "Tdap" -- tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough -- vaccines for students in grades seven and above ... This is the first time the county has required meningitis and whooping cough vaccines. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Business Buzz: Sept. 24 Sep 30, 2009
After receiving a seasonal flu shot, customers will receive a $20 gift card when they take advantage of any one of the following services that can help jumpstart or renew plans for a healthier lifestyle (some restrictions apply): Transfer or fill a new prescription at Shaw s Osco Pharmacy; receive another immunization, including the vaccines that can prevent pneumonia, shingles, tetanus or meningitis; complete a private medication review with a pharmacist and complete Shaw s Osco s Tools for... (Burlington Union, MA)
USA's Yesterdays: Pure Food and Drug Act: Patent medicines down the drain Sep 26, 2009
Others elixirs were hyped as curing only specific ailments, such as yellow fever, meningitis, rheumatism, convulsions, pneumonia, tuberculosis, mumps and dozens of other complaints. Luckily for the purchasing public, non-profit laboratories would eventually reveal that most of the patent medicines not only failed to cure diseases, but were also potentially harmful. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
European Committee Recommends Wyeth's Prevenar 13 Sep 26, 2009
Pneumococcal disease can also cause meningitis and blood infections. A final decision from the European Medicines Agency is expected in the coming months, the company said. (ABC News -- Wire)
Time 100 List Member Discusses Plans for Future of Genomics Research Sep 25, 2009
Its purpose is to vaccinate infants against meningitis, and it is planned to be on the market in about a year. Venter also realized what he said to be a Jurassic Park scenario, when a synthetic genome was reconstructed from the 1918 flu virus. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
New Way Deadly Food-borne Bacteria Is Spread Sep 25, 2009
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause pregnant women to lose their fetuses and trigger fatal cases of meningitis in the elderly or people with compromised immune systems. The bacterium has been linked to outbreaks traced to food processing plants in the U.S. and Canada. (Science Daily)
Health officials south of Boston urge caution over EEE, West Nile risks Sep 24, 2009
People age 50 and older have a higher risk of developing severe illness, such as encephalitis or meningitis. Ten people in Massachusetts were infected by the virus over the past five years; one died from the disease. (Boston Globe)
West Nile virus-infected mosquito found locally Sep 24, 2009
However, a small number of individuals can develop a more severe form of the disease with encephalitis or meningitis and other neurological syndromes, including flaccid muscle paralysis. The health department recommends that local residents take the following protective steps when outdoors. (Winchester News-Gazette, IN)
Pneumonia Shot (PPV) What Seniors... Sep 23, 2009
Brain/spinal fluid (meningitis). Blood (bacteremia). (Suite101.com)
Obama Team Wants to Renew Surveillance Law Sep 23, 2009
Between his healthcare lies and lying about sasha's meningitis, the non-tax tax "mandate", and the US doing more in the last 8 months for the environment, his acorn affiliation lies and his waffling on afghanistan while putting our troops at risk I have no, zero, zip, nada, zilch respect for this man. I am infuriated. (CBS News -- Politics)
New book details ups and downs of Obama marriage Sep 23, 2009
He says the Obamas survived the crucibles of battling infertility, helping nurse daughter Sasha to health after meningitis and coping with early political defeat (and debt). By the inauguration they were "indisputably the First Couple not only of America but of the world.". (FOX61, CT)
Forget calls now its cn u pik me ^aftr skool? Sep 22, 2009
plus meningitis, bedbugs and more. Health. (MSNBC -- Technology)
A Look Back in Time: Room for Improvement Sep 22, 2009
Twelve years ago many little children died in Casper from cebro spinal meningitis, and at that time the doctors said the disease no doubt was caused by the filthy condition of the town. (B)y the efforts of the town authorities the hogs were removed, the pig pens and the alleys, the streets and the back yards were cleaned up and there has not been an epidemic of sickness in the city since. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Deadline Approaches For Unimmunized Texas Students Sep 21, 2009
AUSTIN (September 20, 2009)--The Oct. 1 deadline for some Texas students to get certain vaccinations to guard against preventable diseases such as meningitis and whooping cough is rapidly approaching. Texas Department of State Health Services officials extended the deadline on Aug.24 by more than a month after new immunization requirements led to local shortages at some health care centers, but students who havent received the required shots by the deadline won't be allowed to attend classes. (KWTX.com, TX)
Graves brings flair to products for disabled Sep 21, 2009
Graves, 75, uses a wheelchair after meningitis in 2003 left him paralyzed below the waist. The award-winning architect says he became "an instant expert" on the difficulties facing the disabled. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Schools, most vulnerable to Influenza H1N1 - Dr. Sory Sep 19, 2009
He said endemic diseases such as Malaria, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Cholera, Haemorrhagic Fevers, food security, volcanic eruptions and floods could also lead to chronic emergencies that would require international assistance. Mr. Alex Tetteh-Enyo, Minister of Education, in an address read on his behalf by Mr. Victor Kofi Mante, Director, Teacher Education Division of Ghana Education Service (GES), said since the disease could affect many people within the shortest possible time; it was a... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
