Meningitis B Vaccine May Protect Against ... Gonorrhea?
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against meningococcal serogroup B may also provide modest protection against gonorrhea, evidence from the U.S. and Australia showed. According to surveillance records from New York City and Philadelphia, complete... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 12, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

CDC Reports Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida CDC Reports Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida
It can be a ' very serious, often deadly ' disease, the CDC said. The two most common types of meningococcal disease are meningitis and septicemia.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - April 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news

Schoolgirl, 12, left on the brink of death hours after A&E doctors dismissed meningitis as a cold
Harri Tuson, from Eltham in London, suffered a seizure and was put into a medically-induced coma last June after suffering severe brain inflammation. She had to relearn how to walk. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ethiopia: Thirteen Die As Eleven Regions See Meningitis Outbreak: Who
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report on "Outbreaks and other Emergencies" published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 03 April said 13 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR) 0.9%) and a total of 1 398 suspected meningitis cases have been reported from 11 out of 12 regions in Ethiopia. Of these four regions: Oromia, Somali, SNNPR, Amhara, "crossed the epidemic threshold", and five regions - Harari, Afar, Addis Abeba city Administration, Benishangul-Gumuz and Gambella - "crossed the alert threshold" of meningitis outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Meningitis killed Greenland shark found off coast of Cornwall, postmortem shows
Exclusive: Pathologists find what is believed to be the first evidence of the infection in the planet ’s longest-lived vertebrate speciesA stranded Greenland shark found off the coast of Cornwall died from meningitis, according to a postmortem, providing what is believed to be the first evidence of the disease in the species.The 4-metre long shark, thought to be about 100 years old, was first discovered by a dog walker on 13 March on a beach near Penzance but was washed back into the sea before it could be properly examined. After a two-day search it was discovered floating in the water off Newlyn harbour beach by a tour...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Sharks Marine life Wildlife Environment Science Source Type: news

Setting the Record Straight about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
Common sense and our experience show that prevention is much better than treatment. Gone are the days of children paralyzed from polio. Gone are the days of many children having devastating meningitis. Gone are the days of not being able prevent hundreds of children per year dying from influenza. Such is the value of preventative medicine, especially due to vaccination. Like most things in medicine, we must balance the risks and benefits in making decisions for all patients, especially children. Early in our response to COVID-19, we had to make decisions with incomplete information. Two years of both providing care and con...
Source: TIME: Health - March 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Liposomal Amphotericin B for HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis Liposomal Amphotericin B for HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis
When treating HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis, a single dose of liposomal amphotericin B is just as effective as 7 days of therapy with amphotericin B deoxycholate, according to results of a new clinical trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - March 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news

How Do You Get Meningococcal Disease
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - March 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Polyuria, Polydipsia and Possible Diabetes Insipidus?
Discussion The body is smart. It has mechanisms for maintaining balances within the body in a closely controlled manner but allows for a variety of states. This is very true for fluid balance in the body which is highly controlled between almost all of the major body organ systems. When fluid is low, the sensor sends signals for us to drink, and conserves fluid until we can. When the fluid is high, the kidneys excrete the excess and sends signals not to drink. Usually it works very well. While there are many pathological states that can cause polyuria and/or polydipsia, the most common reason is excessive fluid intake beca...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 7, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

‘This really is an essential watershed moment’: is now the time for an Australian CDC?
Experts have been calling for an Australian centre for disease control for decades and now that campaign is ratcheting up. But what should an Australian CDC look like?Download the free Guardian app;get our morning email briefingIn the 1990s, Australia suffered a meningococcal disease outbreak in three different jurisdictions across central Australia. “They all had different ways of dealing with it, even though in many cases there were members of the same family involved in different states and territories,” says Prof Lynn Gilbert, microbiologist and infectious diseases expert at the University of Sydney. It was back th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Bianca Nogrady Tags: Coronavirus Health Australia news Infectious diseases Hospitals Australian politics Medical research Source Type: news

Africa: Grant Supports Neuroscience Study of Childhood Tuberculous Meningitis
[UCT] According to the WHO Global TB Report 2020, Africa accounted for 25% of the new global tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2019. In addition, South Africa ranks in the top eight countries with the highest global burden of TB disease. Africa is also the youngest continent with 60% of the population under the age of 25 years. Given the TB disease burden and the critical need to ensure brain health of the largest component of the continent's population, African researchers are well placed to develop ways to optimise c (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - February 15, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

New England Compounding Center's National Sales Director Sentenced
FDA OCI, NECC, Robert A. Ronzio, North Providence R.I., sentence, sales director, fraudulent prescriptions, avoid, federal oversight, defraud, FDA, Barry Cadden, nationwide, outbreak, fungal meningitis, contaminated vials, preservative-free, methylprednisolone acetate, MPA, 100, patient deaths, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - February 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

New England Compounding Center's National Sales Director Sentenced
FDA OCI, NECC, Robert A. Ronzio, North Providence R.I., sentence, sales director, fraudulent prescriptions, avoid, federal oversight, defraud, FDA, Barry Cadden, nationwide, outbreak, fungal meningitis, contaminated vials, preservative-free, methylprednisolone acetate, MPA, 100, patient deaths, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - February 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

The World ’s Largest Vaccine Manufacturer Stumbled in 2021. Its CEO Bets He Can Still Help End COVID-19
Adar Poonawalla is no stranger to gambles. He owes his multibillion-dollar empire to a series of big bets that paid off handsomely. Cyrus Poonawalla, his father, made his own fortune on horses—and then multiplied it by making another bet in 1966: that he could make more money producing vaccines than he could on horse breeding and racing. He formed the Serum Institute of India (SII), which grew slowly for three decades, selling antivenoms and lifesaving vaccines for India. When Adar, then just 21, joined the company in 2001, he persuaded his father to dramatically ramp up production—wagering that they could fill...
Source: TIME: Health - January 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abhishyant Kidangoor Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 COVID-19 Davos feature Magazine overnight Special Project Source Type: news

Zydus gets nod to conduct Phase II clinical study in patients with CAPS in Australia
CAPS is a rare life-long auto-inflammatory condition, and is classified under orphan diseases. CAPS patients also experience multiple neurological complications like sensorineural hearing loss, migraine, headache, aseptic meningitis and myalgia. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 13, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news