Deputy Minister urges young people to return for second vaccine dose | Welsh Government
From this week young people will begin to receive the second dose of their potentially lifesaving Meningitis B…
Porirua teen Ashen who caught meningitis in Bali finally home in New Zealand
Lyons described it as a “trip of a lifetime” which turned into “every parent’s worst nightmare”. She said…
Earlier meningitis B protection through childhood vaccination shows success
image:©Chinnapong | iStock New figures suggest recent changes to the childhood vaccination schedule are helping protect babies against…
Givealittle set up for Porirua teen Ashen as he fights meningitis in Bali
The travel insurance only covers one parent to stay in Bali with Ashen. “Understandably neither of them are…
Thousands of young people to be offered two-dose MenB vaccine | Department of Health and Social Care
Two-dose MenB vaccine to be offered to young people ahead of the autumn as part of a one-off…
Meningitis strain behind Oxfordshire outbreak different to Kent strain, health officials say
The strain of meningitis behind a deadly outbreak in Oxfordshire is different to the one identified in Kent…
Student dies in fresh meningitis outbreak in Reading
A student has died and two other young people are receiving treatment following a meningitis outbreak in Reading,…
Australian cricketing great Damien Martyn wakes from coma as family praises ‘miracle’ recovery
“It has been so positive that they’re hopeful he will be able to move out of the ICU…
Damien Martyn meningitis: Cricket great Adam Gilchrist sees ‘positive signs’
There had been “so much interest and love” shown towards the 54-year-old, Gilchrist told Fox Cricket. “A fine…
Simple blood and urine tests could spare febrile infants from more invasive procedures
New evidence from a six-country study led by the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Hospital shows simple…
Application of the PECARN prediction rule for febrile infants up to 90 days of age: a multi-center study | BMC Pediatrics
Aronson PL, Thurm C, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA, Williams DJ, Shah SS, et al. Variation in care of…
Latest findings can lead to the development of a vaccine to protect against common ear infection
Owwww, howls your child while holding its ear and crying. Recent findings can lead to the development of…