News tagged with meningitis b


Group B streptococcal meningitis has long-term effects on children's developmental outcomes

Parents of infants who survive bacterial meningitis caused by group B Streptococcus might have to live with the effects of the disease on their children long after they're discharged from the hospital.

Pediatrics created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers say step closer to meningitis B vaccine

Researchers said Monday they were a step closer to developing a vaccine against the type of meningitis that mostly affects Europe and North America and kills hundreds every year.

Medications created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop a vaccine prototype stronger than traditional vaccines

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers have created a vaccine that is more potent than traditional vaccines available today. The glycoconjugate vaccine prototype is 100 times more effective than traditional glycoconjugate ...

Medical research created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination

Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, once the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children, has dramatically reduced the incidence of Hib disease in young children over the past 20 years, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0