Woman Stable in New South Wales Meningococcal Case
A woman is stable after becoming the Hunter’s eighth confirmed case of meningococcal case of 2016. The woman is in a Hunter hospital and close contacts have been prescribed clearance antibiotics. This case has no links to former cases. There were nine cases across the region in 2015 and 11 in 2014. Initial meningococcal symptoms may include […]
Boy Contracts Meningitis From Bacteria On A Shopping Trolley
A Gold Coast mother has issued an urgent warning to parents after her 10-month-old son contracted meningitis and a salmonella infection from a shopping centre trolley. Vivienne Wardrop said she took her son Logan with her to a Helensvale shop on September 13 “I didn’t even think about it, [I] popped him in [the baby […]
Few People Vaccinated Against Deadly Meningococcal Strain
Three-quarters of the cases of meningococcal disease in WA so far this year have been caused by rare W strains that very few people are vaccinated against. Figures obtained by The Weekend West shows nine of the 12 cases of the disease this year have been linked to strains from the bacteria group W. Type […]
UK school leavers urged to get meningitis and septicaemia jab
New figures in the UK, show less than a fifth of young people have received the MenW vaccine so far this year. School leavers, particularly those going to university or college this month, are being strongly encouraged to get vaccinated against meningococcal disease after figures released today showed less than a fifth of young people […]
Labor pledges free vaccinations for Canberra babies
The meningococcal B vaccinations would be made free for every baby under Labor’s proposal, which has been costed at $12.3 million over four years. Labor will give free meningococcal B vaccinations to every baby in Canberra if re-elected. Meningococcal can kill up to one in 10 of those who contract the illness, according to federal […]
Health Department Warns of Meningitis Outbreak Likely to Affect Gay Men
Source: wehoville.com There is an outbreak of meningitis in Southern California, primarily among gay and bisexual men, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Associated Press reported that “… nine meningococcal disease cases have been identified in men living in Los Angeles and Orange counties. One patient died as a result of the […]
Perth’s worst suburbs for child vaccination revealed
The state government has named Perth’s four worst performing suburbs for childhood vaccination rates following an announcement that immunisation would become one of its top priorities over the next four years. Cottesloe, Claremont, Fremantle and Mundaring were reported as having some of the lowest vaccination rates for children under five years old while regionally, Augusta, […]
Price paid too high not to fund vaccines
Meningitis Centre chairman Bruce Langoulant interacts with his daughter Ashleigh Langoulant who has cerebral palsey as a result of pneumococcal disease.
Fiona Wood’s world-first experiment to help brave Robbie
A Perth toddler has survived a deadly bacterial infection, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of medical staff to save not just his life but also his limbs. The parents of two-year-old Robbie Buchan have told of his amazing survival from septicaemia after developing meningococcal disease when he was just five months old. In a world-first […]
Far Northern parents unaware of Meningococcal B vaccine
Pharmacist manager at Cairns discount pharmacy Erin Treston with the Bexsero vaccine, which protects people from Meningococcal strain B. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS PARENTS are largely unaware of a vaccine which protects against a potentially deadly strain of Meningococcal. The first confirmed case of Meningococcal strain B was recently detected in the Cairns region but Queensland […]
