New WA cases of meningococcal disease in a young child and a young adult
The Department of Health today reported that two Western Australians – a young child and a young adult have been diagnosed with meningococcal disease and are currently recovering in different hospitals. The cases are not linked and were infected with different serogroups (B and Y) of meningococcal bacteria. Meningococcal disease usually occurs more commonly in […]
Remote WA free meningococcal vaccine
The Department of Health today announced it will provide vaccinations against meningococcal disease to people living in certain remote communities, in response to an outbreak of serogroup W (MenW) meningococcal disease in central Australia. The outbreak has mostly affected Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory (NT) and northern part of South Australia (SA), […]
Darwin child dies from meningococcal W strain
Kids who attend a Darwin childcare centre and people they are close to are being given antibiotics, after a death from meningococcal disease was confirmed. Authorities at the NT Department of Health have said it is unlikely the current case, from a child that attended the Malak Family Centre, is linked to an outbreak of […]
More Meningococcal cases recorded in WA
The Department of WA Health today reported that three Western Australians, including two young children and an elderly adult, have been diagnosed with meningococcal disease in the past week. Two have recovered and been discharged while one remains seriously ill in hospital. The cases are not linked and were infected with different serogroups (B, W […]
Meningococcal outbreak in NT continues to worsen.
The 25th case has been confirmed of the deadly meningococcal disease in the Central Australian indigenous communities of Barkly and Katherine. More meningococcal diagnoses have been recorded amid an unprecedented outbreak in Central Australia that has so far affected mainly indigenous children. There have been 25 confirmed cases of the W strain of the deadly […]
Meningococcal cases in WA worsens
The Department of Health today reported that an elderly patient is currently recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with serogroup Y meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease usually occurs more commonly in winter and spring and this is the fourth case reported in the past fortnight, and the thirteenth case since July. The Department of Health has […]
NT meningococcal cases 6 times more than 2016
AN OUTBREAK of potentially life-threatening meningococcal disease has health authorities in Central Australia worried. There have been 17 cases of the disease in the Northern Territory so far this year. The outbreak has mostly affected Aboriginal children in Central Australia, Katherine and Barkly regions. Last year, there were just three NT cases of meningococcal disease. […]
6 cases of Meningococcal in one month in WA
The Department of Health today reported that a middle-aged adult is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with serogroup Y meningococcal disease. There have now been six cases of meningococcal disease notified in West Australians in the past month, including four serogroup W and two serogroup Y cases. Meningococcal disease usually occurs more commonly […]
Meningococcal disease claims second Ballarat victim this year
A Ballarat man in his 70s has died from invasive meningococcal disease, becoming Ballarat’s second meningococcal victim this year. The 71-year-old man died in the Ballarat Base Hospital last month from the notifiable disease, just four months after the deadly infection claimed the life of 19-year-old Emma-Kate McGrath. The two cases are not linked. Across […]
Albany teen dies from meningococcal disease
TRIBUTES have poured in for Albany man Lloyd Dunham, who died on Saturday after contracting meningococcal disease. Mr Dunham was in Tasmania helping his sister Lucy move for a new job when he fell ill. Lucy said the 19-year-old had been in Tasmania for a week and was due to return home to WA on Saturday. But […]
