WA’s Free 1-4 year ACWY meningococcal vaccine program extended
State-funded vaccination program to be extended for another year 45 per cent of children aged 12 months to four years are not vaccinated Vaccination offers protection from ACWY strains of meningococcal disease The McGowan Government has announced it will extend the State-funded meningococcal ACWY vaccine program for children aged one to four years to ensure […]
26 cases of the W strain at a record high in WA
The Department of Health today reported that a child is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal W disease. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, lungs […]
Adelaide baby boy contracts meningococcal disease, making it third case in three days
A FIVE-week old baby boy from metropolitan Adelaide is in hospital after contracting invasive meningococcal disease. It is the third case of the disease to strike in Adelaide in the past three days. The baby is in a stable condition and the strain of the disease is yet to be established. “SA Health has identified multiple people […]
SA Teenage girl critical in hospital with unidentified strain of meningococcal
A TEENAGE girl is in a critical condition in hospital with an unknown strain of meningococcal. The 15-year-old from metropolitan Adelaide was in contact with several people during the infectious stage of the disease. SA Health has now prescribed precautionary clearance antibiotics to 14 people. The strain affecting the teen girl has not been identified. […]
7th meningococcal case in less than 2 weeks in WA
The Department of Health today reported that a child is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness caused by a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain, and occasionally of other sites, such as the throat, […]
Gold Coast family’s desperate plea after their 8 month old baby contracts meningococcal disease in Thailand
A YOUNG Gold Coast family is desperately trying to get their baby girl home from Thailand before her legs are amputated. Eight-month-old Lilliana Sheridan has been fighting for her life for five days in a Thai hospital after contracting meningococcal caused by septic shock. The family are calling it a miracle Lilliana has survived this far. […]
Six WA patients diagnosed with meningococcal disease
Six West Australians have been confirmed with meningococcal disease in the past week — the latest case is an adult. The WA Health Department said in a statement today that the patient was recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with the W strain of the bacterial infection. A baby was reported to have meningococcal disease […]
WA baby becomes fourth child infected with meningococcal in less than a week
A West Australian baby has been infected with meningococcal disease – the fourth case reported in a child in less than a week. The WA Health Department said the infant was recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with a W strain of the bacterial infection. Last Friday the department reported four new cases – three […]
Meningococcal cases confirmed in the Mid West of WA
A Rangeway medical clinic is urging parents to vaccinate their children, following an outbreak of Meningococcal in the Mid West. Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service chief executive Deborah Woods said representatives would meet with the Department of Health later today to discuss a strategy going forward, which includes a targeted campaign to vaccinate children under […]
2 South Australian meningococcal cases days after new vaccine program launched
Health experts have talked down infection fears within the Adelaide community despite two confirmed reports of meningococcal disease within the past two days. A two-year-old boy is in a serious condition and a 29-year-old woman is in a stable condition after being diagnosed with the disease. It comes just days after the State Government launched its […]
