Meningitis Top Stories
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Understanding The Long-Term Effects Of Meningitis: Rehabilitation And Recovery
Oct 4, 2024 02:20 ISTIn this article, we will explore the long-term effects of meningitis and discuss the rehabilitation and recovery processes crucial for improving outcomes. -
World Meningitis Day: How Early Detection And Vaccination Can Save Lives
Oct 3, 2024 12:20 ISTThis article explores how early detection, awareness of symptoms, and vaccinations can significantly reduce the mortality rate and improve the quality of life for meningitis survivors. -
Tuberculosis: How Does TB Affect Your Living?
Sep 20, 2024 05:53 ISTThis article explores how tuberculosis impacts daily living, the long-term effects on health, how it spreads, and what precautions should be taken to manage and prevent the disease. -
Cost of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine Reduced
Oct 22, 2015 04:47 ISTHilleman Laboratories has made developments with respect to increased efficacy and reduced cost of Bacterial Meningitis vaccine and published a scientific report based on the synthesis of the meningitis vaccine for Neisseria Meningitidis serogroup X. -
Meningitis vaccine provides lasting protection
Feb 27, 2010 10:41 ISTThe meningitis C vaccine program introduced in the UK in 1999 has been successful in bringing down disease rates. A recent study indicates that vaccine remains effective 4 years later, provided that it was given at the appropriate age. -
Antibiotics can cut meningitis risk
Feb 17, 2010 02:12 ISTWhen someone comes down with meningitis, giving household contacts i.e. people in contact with the infected person, the appropriate antibiotics can reduce their risk of infection by 89 percent, according to recent research. -
Meningococcal disease and neurological deficits
Mar 18, 2009 11:32 ISTInvasive meningococcal disease is a life-threatening condition and may cause septicaemia and/or meningitis. -
Meningitis epidemic in Tripura
Feb 23, 2009 08:38 ISTThere are reports of a meningitis outbreak in Tripura. The disease has affected at least four villages of a block in Longtarai valley. -
Intimate kissing and teen's risk of meningitis
Feb 15, 2006 12:34 ISTIntimate kissing (in teens) with multiple partners, and a history of preceding illness are risk factors for meningococcal disease. -
Infantile meningitis may cause later disability
Sep 18, 2001 07:34 ISTMeningitis in infancy has been known to be largely fatal. If not, it may result in moderate to severe disability, which often lasts a lifetime. The disability is more likely to occur if the baby contracts the infection during the neonatal period. According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, children who contract meningitis during... -
The meningitis menace
Nov 24, 2000 07:55 ISTThough India has its deluge of dreaded diseases against which children are routinely vaccinated every year, there are some which are grossly ignored. Bacterial meningitis is one of these. Medically known as <I>Haemophilus influenzae</I> type B (HIB) meningitis, this form of the disease is very common in India, but not much attention is paid to it, ...
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