Viral meningitis hits AFL star Tom Lynch
TOM Lynch will make a heartfelt return to West Lakes on Monday, but it could be weeks until the Adelaide linkman receives the green light from medicos to resume playing. Lynch was placed in intensive care last week before doctors diagnosed the viral meningitis that had floored the 26-year-old. Viral meningitis can put victims out […]
Know meningococcal signs, urges expert
Many parents aren’t aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease, with a survey revealing some have mistaken the deadly bacterial infection for sunburn. Australians are being urged to educate themselves on the early signs of the potentially deadly disease as part of a new national campaign. While rare and treatable, meningococcal can result in death […]
7 year old Brisbane boy contracts meningococcal
A young Brisbane boy who contracted meningococcal disease was expected to be released from hospital, with health authorities saying it was unlikely he would pass the uncommon and severe infection to others. The seven-year-old would be discharged from Redcliffe Hospital later on Tuesday. “This case is likely to be an isolated one and the chance […]
15-year-old SA boy contracts meningococcal disease, the fourth case recorded in that state this month
A FIFTEEN-year-old boy has been diagnosed with meningococcal, less than a week after three adults were hospitalised in South Australia with the disease. SA Health confirmed the boy had been admitted to hospital and was in a stable condition on Tuesday afternoon and authorities have begun contacting people who may have had contact with the […]
Qld students get better protection with new vaccine
Grade 10 Calvary Christian College student Zac Speet, 16, gets a Meningococcal vaccination from Nurse Julie Boxsell. Health and Ambulance Services Minister Cameron Dick last week visited Calvary Christian College to promote the program that allows 15 to 19-year-olds across the state to receive free vaccinations against four strains of meningococcal disease Mr Dick said […]
Vaccine shortage leads to death of young adult in the UK.
A heartbroken mother is pleading with parents to protect their children from a deadly strain of meningitis following the death of her 18-year-old daughter. Lauren Sandall died from meningitis just weeks after she was denied the life-saving vaccine at her local GP because supplies were too low. The 18-year-old, from Woodford Green in London, […]
Professor Fiona Stanley labels anti-vaccination campaigners ‘evil’
Professor Fiona Stanley with Ashleigh Langoulant and her father and Chairman of Meningitis Centre Australia Bruce Langoulant Parents who fail to vaccinate their children against deadly diseases may not be motivated to act until more children are killed or severely disabled, Professor Fiona Stanley warns. WA’s leading child expert, a patron for Meningitis Centre Australia, said […]
5th meningococcal case in Tassie for 2017
A meningococcal case has been reported in Tasmania in April, the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System shows. It is the fifth diagnosed case of invasive meningococcal disease for 2017. Four cases have occurred in the South, and one in the North, Public Health acting director Dr Mark Veitch said. “Cases ranged in age from one […]
Mum’s instincts saves baby Ted against rare strain of meningococcal
For Natalie Nowak, all it took was one look into her son Ted’s blue eyes and she instantly knew something terrible was wrong with her baby. There were no warning signs, symptoms or even the distinctive purple meningococcal rash. It was her mother’s instinct to take her five-month-old straight to hospital in January that ultimately […]
Meningococcal: Baby Archie Roberts’ miracle survival
MENINGOCOCCAL struck Archie Roberts out of the blue and ravaged his tiny body so badly that his parents were told he would not survive. But a video has captured the exact moment a miracle occurs. Against all odds Archie, now nine months, fights his way back from a deathly sleep on life support to give […]
