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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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Vaccines: Practices and hesitancy among general physicians in France
At population level, vaccines contribute to reducing mortality associated with infectious diseases such as measles, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B or bacterial meningitis. The community general physician, at the centre ...
Jul 8, 2015
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Use new meningitis vaccines only for outbreaks
(AP)—A U.S. panel on Thursday recommended that two new meningitis vaccines only be used for rare outbreaks, resisting tearful pleas to give it routinely to teens and college students.
Feb 26, 2015
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Caution urged after camp worker gets bacterial meningitis
Officials say roughly 200 children ages 5-12 who attended a day camp at a suburban Detroit gym may have been exposed to bacterial meningitis from an infected worker.
Jul 14, 2016
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Meningitis A nearly eliminated in Africa through vaccination, reaching over 235 million people
Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African "meningitis belt" countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate one of Africa's biggest public health achievements—the introduction of a vaccine, ...
Feb 22, 2016
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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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Vascular complications of fungal meningitis after contaminated spinal injections
A case series by researchers at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., examined three patients with ischemic stroke who later received a diagnosis of fungal meningitis attributed to epidural injections of contaminated methylprednisolone ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Another meningitis scare emerges, targeting NYC's gay men
(HealthDay)—As a nationwide outbreak of steroid-linked meningitis grabs headlines, health officials in New York City say a separate, unrelated outbreak is hitting gay and bisexual men.
Oct 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases A-Z: identifying meningitis
It's the height of flu season but not all symptoms of the flu virus point to influenza. Sudden fever and headache also may be symptoms of early meningitis, which often mimics the flu.
Jan 16, 2017
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Rare US fungal meningitis outbreak grows; 5 dead (Update)
(AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states.
Oct 4, 2012
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