Parents plea for free vaccine after toddler dies from meningococcal B-strain
Amy and Donald Peach with their children Lilly, 6, and Indi, 4 at their home in Quirindi. Picture: The Sunday Telegraph. The heartbroken parents of Donald Peach have recalled how their healthy son died within hours of a rash breaking out. In one day Donald Peach went from being playful and happy to falling victim […]
WA pharmacists able to administer greater range of vaccines Thursday, 1 August 2019
Trained pharmacists can now immunise against more illnesses including whooping cough, measles, and meningococcal disease Initiative to increase vaccine rates among Western Australians Brings WA in line with other Australian states and territories As of today, Western Australians will be able to get vaccinated against illnesses such as whooping cough, measles and meningococcal disease at […]
SA children, students miss out on vaccines
Up to one-third of South Australia’s children and young adults are missing out on protection from the deadly B strain meningococcal disease, health authorities say. Communicable disease control director Louise Flood says the uptake of a free vaccine program has been disappointing. So far only about 70 per cent of the required number of doses […]
Inquest woman received inadequate health care for meningitis
The family of a pregnant Indigenous woman who died after being prematurely discharged from hospital in 2016 are hopeful the findings of an inquest into her death will lead to change in the health system. Naomi Williams was six months pregnant when she arrived at a hospital in the NSW town of Tumut with severe […]
Meningococcal W in WA adult
The Department of Health today reported that an adult is currently recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal disease serogroup W, bringing the number of reported cases of invasive meningococcal disease in 2019 to 13. Of the 13 cases, three have been serogroup B, five serogroup W and five serogroup C meningococcal infections. Meningococcal disease is […]
NSW woman dies from meningococcal disease
HUNTER New England Local Health District (HNELHD) has confirmed an elderly woman from the Hunter has died from meningococcal disease. It is the fifth reported case of the serious bacterial infection in the region this year. Public health physician Dr Craig Dalton expressed the HNELHD’s condolences. “This is a tragic event and our sympathies are […]
Men B most common strain in NSW but not govt. funded
The B-strain of meningococcal disease has caused the most cases of the infection in New South Wales this year but a vaccine for the illness still isn’t eligible for federal funding. NSW Health has revealed 15 of the 21 cases to date this year were meningococcal B. It comes after NSW Health issued a warning […]
WA adult hit by deadly meningococcal disease
An adult is in hospital recovering after being diagnosed with the deadly meningococcal disease. It is the 12th reported case of invasive meningococcal reported in WA this year, and the fourth case of serogroup W. There have been three serogroup B cases and five serogroup C meningococcal infections making up the total. A total of […]
Australians dying from meningococcal disease, while free vaccine remains unapproved
There have been 97 cases of meningococcal disease this year. Photo: Sarah Joyce Parents across the country are being urged to vaccinate their children from the deadly meningococcal disease after a six-month-old baby died in New South Wales. It was the fourth case in the area this year and the 97th nationwide, but despite the disease taking […]
NSW toddler dead after meningococcal diagnosis
A toddler has died after contracting meningococcal disease in NSW, health authorities have confirmed. The child died last week in the Hunter New England region and was the fourth case of meningococcal in the area so far this year. “This is a tragic event and our sympathies are with the child’s family at this very […]
