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Vaccine Panel Urges More Protection Against RSV, Meningitis and Chikungunya
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- April 17, 2025
- Full Page
A panel of federal health experts on Wednesday recommended expanded vaccine options for several diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), meningitis and a mosquito-borne illness ...
CDC Warns Muslim Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia of Meningitis Outbreak
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 22, 2024
- Full Page
Muslim pilgrims attending the annual Hajj could be at risk for meningitis due to outbreaks occurring in Saudi Arabia, U.S. health officials warned this week.
Twelve cases of meningitis linked to Umrah travel to Saudi Arabia have been reported to national health agencies ...
CDC Warns of Spike in Bacterial Illness That Can Cause Meningitis
- HealthDay Reporter
- Robin Foster
- March 29, 2024
- Full Page
There has been a troubling rise in cases of a rare bacterial illness that can cause meningitis, U.S. health officials warned Thursday.
Co-founder of Company Behind Deadly 2012 Meningitis Outbreak Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison
- HealthDay Reporter
- Ernie Mundell
- March 6, 2024
- Full Page
Barry Cadden, co-founder of a specialty compounding pharmacy behind a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012, has been handed a prison sentence of 10 to 15 years in Michigan for involuntary manslaughter.
On Tuesday, Cadden pleaded no contest to the charges against him, the ...
Bacterial Meningitis in Childhood Can Devastate the Lives of Survivors
- HealthDay Reporter
- Ernie Mundell
- January 22, 2024
- Full Page
Infection in childhood with bacterial meningitis leaves one-third of survivors with long-term neurological damage, often severe, a new study shows.
The disease is rare and easily treated with antibiotics. However, as Swedish researchers point out, antibiotics take time t...
Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- October 26, 2023
- Full Page
A new vaccine recommended Wednesday by independent advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide more comprehensive protection from meningitis.
The shot would protect against five types of bacteria causing meningococcal disease, one more t...
CDC Advisors Say High-Risk Men Should Still Get MPox Vaccine
- HealthDay Reporter
- Robin Foster and Ernie Mundell and Cara Murez
- October 26, 2023
- Full Page
High-risk men should still get their mpox vaccinations even after the ongoing outbreak ends, advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday.
That vulnerable group includes men who have sex with men; people who have more than one sex...
Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV
- HealthDay Reporter
- Alan Mozes
- June 28, 2023
- Full Page
Meningococcal disease -- which includes meningitis -- appears to be on the rise among Americans infected with HIV, new research reveals.
Researchers stress that the risk to any one person remains exceedingly rare, regardless of their HIV status.
Each year between 2...
CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- June 8, 2023
- Full Page
U.S. health officials are urgently trying to reach people who've recently had medical procedures at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, because they may be at risk of potentially fatal fungal meningitis.
Those at risk had procedures done under epidural anesthesia between Jan....
Troubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- January 30, 2023
- Full Page
New drugs may be needed to fight the deadliest form of tuberculosis, because it may no longer respond to current treatments.
An animal study by Johns Hopkins Univer...
CDC Warns of Deadly Outbreak of Meningitis Among Gay Men in Florida
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- June 22, 2022
- Full Page
One of the worst meningitis outbreaks in U.S. history has prompted public health officials to urge gay and bisexual men who live in Florida or plan to visit the state to get vaccinated right away.
Meningitis Vaccine May Guard Against Gonorrhea
- HealthDay Reporter
- Denise Mann
- April 13, 2022
- Full Page
Rates of gonorrhea are on the rise, and this sexually transmitted disease is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, raising fears of a potential superbug.
Luckily, while there isn't a vaccine against gonorrhea yet, an available meningitis vaccine may offer some ...