Archive for the ‘Meningitis’ Category

Meningitis Likely As NY Student Dies, 2 Hospitalized

By MedHeadlines • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: Headache, Infectious Disease, Meningitis, Odd MedNews

Two incidents on two separate New York campuses point to bacterial meningitis, leading school and public health officials urging any students who might have come in contact with these students to seek immediate preventive antibiotic treatment.



Wise Ecology May Reduce Spread of Infectious Disease

By MedHeadlines • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Headlines, Infectious Disease, MRSA, Medical Research, Meningitis

For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has mapped out the areas around the world where infectious diseases, passed from animals to humans, have originated. Using data that dates back to the early 1940s, the study concludes…



At-Risk Children Get New Meningococcal Vaccine

By MedHeadlines • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Children's Health, Drugs, Meningitis, Prevention, Vaccinations

Med Headlines - Young children at risk of contracting invasive meningococcal disease now have a vaccine available to them that has proven effective in older children and adults. The vaccine, known as Menactra, received approval by the US Food and…