Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Same meningitis strain behind Drexel, Princeton outbreaks

(HealthDay)—The strain of bacterial meningitis that killed a Drexel University student earlier this month is the same strain behind a Princeton University outbreak last year, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Medications

Doctors discuss use of MenB vaccine at Princeton University

(HealthDay)—The planned use of an experimental Neisseria meningitides serogroup B (MenB) meningitis vaccine at the University of Princeton has raised several contentious issues relating to vaccination, according to an ideas ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Princeton vaccine reaches 90 percent of eligible

Princeton University officials say more than 90 percent of the eligible students and staff received a meningitis vaccine this week as part of the university's effort to halt an outbreak.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Princeton to offer meningitis B vaccine to 6,000

Princeton University says a meningitis vaccine not yet licensed for use in the U.S. will be made available on campus starting Dec. 9 to nearly 6,000 students.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Booster dose of new meningitis vaccine may be beneficial

A study of 4CMenB, a new vaccine to protect against meningitis B bacteria (which can cause potentially fatal bacterial meningitis in children), shows that waning immunity induced by infant vaccination can be overcome by a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Analysing meningitis genes to identify new treatments

Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working to identify genes involved in the development of bacterial meningitis to support the search for new vaccine candidates.

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