Meningitis

Man with meningococcal infection dies

The Centre for Health Protection is investigating the year's second case of meningococcal infection involving a 36-year-old man who died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The patient, who lived in Tsim Sha Tsui, developed fever on...

powered by

Peru: Huanuco will apply 28,800 vaccines against pneumonia

LivinginPeru.com Isabel Guerra The Regional Direction of Health of Huanuco (DIRESA) got a total of 28,800 vaccines against pneumococcus, cause of infections like pneumonia or meningitis, from the Ministery of Health (MINSA)....

powered by

Autopsy still can't say why student died

A preliminary autopsy has failed to determine why a foreign exchange student attending South Pointe High School died last week, York County coroner Sabrina Gast said. Gast has ruled out swine flu, meningitis and an aneurism in...

powered by

Nanotechnology Destroying Harmful Bacteria and Fungi

Tiny peptide particles that could be used to treat bacterial and fungal infections of the brain, such as meningitis and encephalitis, have been designed, constructed and tested successfully by researchers led by Yi-Yan Yang...

powered by

Golf North East - Nov 2009: A Huge Thank You To Gordon

IN the October edition of Golf North East, we reported on little Robbie Jones who is now recovering from a near fatal disease and although the years ahead are going to be difficult, Ramside's Gordon Dance is Robbie's 'Knight in...

powered by

Will the Hajj be an Incubator for H1N1?

The following story is from GlobalPost correspondent Carlye Murphy in Rihadh, Saudi Arabia. As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year's pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to prevent this...

powered by

B.C.'s education minister survives serious infection

By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver SunNovember 3, 2009 7:03 PM Photograph by: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun VICTORIA - Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid was rushed to hospital recently after the immediate onset of a searing...

powered by

Nigeria: Pfizer Compensation - Victims, Relatives to Undergo DNA Test

Victims of the 1996 Pfizer Trovan drugs test in Kano and their relatives are to undergo DNA tests before the payment of their compensation, with a view to ascertain the genuineness of the claims they have made.

powered by

MENINGITIS TRUST?

You need to login to subscribe. Posted on: 16:24:35, 03-Nov-2009 Subject: MENINGITIS TRUST? hi people, any one running for meningitis trust? i ran london 2008 for arthritis research , but promised a friend that if i got in to...

powered by

Oxford university student dies of meningitis

A student who had just begun her first year at Oxford University has died of meningitis. Oxford undergraduate Antonia Bruch died after contracting meningitis Photo: INS Undergraduate Antonia Bruch was studying theology at...

powered by
1 2 3 4 5 next »