Jeff Beck Dies Suddenly Of Bacterial Meningitis, Amidst Unfounded Covid-19 Vaccine Claims
The legendary guitarist has died at age 78. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Hollywood & Entertainment /hollywood-entertainment pharma Source Type: news
Jeff Beck ’s 10 Best Songs: With Yardbirds, Solo & Beyond
You’re likely to find Jeff Beck‘s face on any Mount Rushmore of guitarists — and maybe of musicians, period. His musical praises are being sung worldwide since his shocking death Wednesday (Jan. 11) from bacterial meningitis at age 78. And rest assured that everything being said about the…#becks #yardbirds #grammy #mountrushmore (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MenB vaccine (Bexsero ® ): patient group direction template
PGD template to support the national meningococcal group B (Bexsero ® ) vaccination programme and public health management of meningococcal disease. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance On Cholera, Monkeypox, Others
[Vanguard] As Nigerians celebrate the yuletide, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has heightened surveillance over its epidemiological situation, with increased focus on key diseases such as Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles and COVID-19. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yuletide - FCTA Heightens Surveillance System On Cholera, Ebola, Others
[Leadership] In a bid to avert an outbreak of deadly diseases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key diseases like Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles, and COVID-19. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Meningococcal B Vaccine Protects Against Gonorrhea Meningococcal B Vaccine Protects Against Gonorrhea
After more than 110 years of continuous research into potential vaccines for gonorrhea, scientists may finally have achieved success.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - December 27, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Late-Onset Meningitis ID'd in 1 Percent of Extreme Preemies
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 -- One percent of children born extremely preterm have late-onset meningitis (LOM), which is associated with an increased risk for death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI), according to a study published online Dec. 8 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Meningitis outbreak declared at Dalhousie University residence following student death
Nova Scotia Public Health is declaring an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Shirreff Hall, a residence at Dalhousie University, after two cases were detected including a student who died suddenly. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
Ex-employee of pharmacy in deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak gets prison By Reuters
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was sentenced on Tuesday to five months in prison for deceiving regulators about its operations before the tragedy.…#massachusetts #necc #sharoncarter #barrycadden #newenglandcompoundingcenters #richardstearns #boston #framingham #fda #prosecutors (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Baby formula recalled for bacteria linked to sepsis, meningitis
ByHeart, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, is destroying two days worth of manufactured products after third-party testing found contamination of Cronobacter sakazakii. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Infant BCG Vaccine Protects Only Those Under Age 5 Years Infant BCG Vaccine Protects Only Those Under Age 5 Years
Although the BCG vaccine may keep severe forms of tuberculosis, meningitis, and miliary tuberculosis at bay, its efficacy and effectiveness against pulmonary tuberculosis are low.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - December 5, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Former co-owner of compounding pharmacy sentenced over role in 2012 meningitis outbreak
A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was sentenced Thursday for what authorities said was his role in a deadly, multistate fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top exec at pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak sentenced
BOSTON (AP) — A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that resulted in more than 100 patient deaths has been sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring to defraud the federal government. Gregory Conigliaro, 57, as the…#foodanddrugadministration #rachaelrollins #gregoryconigliaro #newenglandcompoundingcenter #framingham #massachusetts #barrycadden #glennchin #conigliaro #boston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top exec at pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak sentenced
A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that resulted in more than 100 patient deaths has been sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring to defraud the federal government (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—
By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
