Health
Cars carrying children to become smoke-free
New legislation has been announced that will make it illegal to smoke in a vehicle that is carrying a child.
Dec 18, 2014
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Meningitis
Medications
Pfizer closes $635M vaccines purchase from Baxter
Pfizer has completed its $635 million purchase from Baxter International Inc. of two vaccines and part of the factory in Orth, Austria, where they're made.
Dec 1, 2014
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Medications
FDA approves vaccine to block meningitis strain (Update)
Federal health regulators have approved the first vaccine to block a strain of bacteria that has caused sometimes deadly outbreaks of meningitis in college dormitories.
Oct 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccines can cut the spread of meningitis by nearly 40 percent
Investigators at the University of Southampton have discovered that two new vaccines can prevent the transmission of meningitis bacteria from person to person.
Aug 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors urge meningitis shots for vulnerable infants, children
(HealthDay)—Infants and children who are at risk of contracting meningitis because of specific health problems should be vaccinated against the infection, according to updated recommendations from the largest pediatrician ...
Jul 28, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Meningitis diagnosis prompted W.Va. clinic probe
A health official says an investigation that found syringes were being reused at a West Virginia pain management clinic was triggered by patient who developed bacterial meningitis.
Jul 22, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research has shown that the burden of meningitis in babies unchanged in 25 years
New research by Professor Paul Heath funded by Meningitis Research Foundation has shown that the burden of meningitis in babies under three months of age has changed little in the past 25 years.
Jul 16, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists discover how a killer fungus attacks HIV patients
Researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cell carries a deadly fungus into the brains of HIV positive patients, causing meningitis which kills more than 600,000 people a year.
Apr 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New survey launched into Group B streptococcus infection in babies
Researchers have launched a national study to see how common the potentially fatal bacterial infection Group B streptococcus is in UK and Irish babies.
Apr 2, 2014
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Immunology
Instant immune booster dramatically improves outcome of bacterial meningitis and pneumonia
A breakthrough study from University of Leicester shows low dose injections of artificial properdin provides substantial protection against septic diseases in mice.
Mar 24, 2014
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