A woman who had all her limbs amputated due to meningitis B has called for a government to subsidise the cost so people can ...
Meg Draper was 18 and had joined swimming and netball teams, but died in October from meningococcal type B meningitis (MenB) ...
Meningitis can be fatal, and there’s more than one strain of bacteria that can cause it. Learn how to spot the symptoms and how to protect your family. that's caused by the B serial type or strain of ...
The first clue Aracelly Bibl had that something was wrong with her 18-year-old son in February was when his girlfriend called at 8:23 p.m. and said he had a mysterious red rash all over his chest, a ...
Experts who spoke with MedPage Today also pointed to the impact of pneumococcal vaccines. Though a vaccine for adults was available decades earlier, the turn of the century brought one for kids that ...
Meningococcal meningitis is a type of meningococcal disease.1 Meningococcal disease is a very serious, contagious infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis)—also known ...
GSK has released a film as part of a meningitis B awareness campaign. The initiative from the pharmaceutical company, which manufactures a vaccine for the rare and serious disease, encourages parents ...
A vaccine to prevent meningitis in children as young as 10 has been federally approved. But at a cost of about $150, doctors said parents need to weigh the cost and possible side effects against the ...
There are some things that make college great: living in dorms, going to parties and sharing everything with your close friends. It's those conditions that also make college students more prone than ...
It’s that time of year again: back to school. Along with helping your teen get back in the swing of things for school, there’s also the added pressure of making sure they are preparing for college. It ...
As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club we want no one else to ever join. We started individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost a young, ...
The first clue Aracelly Bibl had that something was wrong with her 18-year-old son in February was when his girlfriend called at 8:23 p.m. and said he had a mysterious red rash all over his chest, a ...