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HEARING IMPLANTS: They can cause meningitis
Meningitis can be a deadly disease, and the chances of recovery are greater the sooner it’s detected. Sadly, most parents know only the tell-tale symptoms - stiff neck, non-blanching rash, drowsiness - seen when the infection has already taken hold.
The British government has rushed through a new vaccine for meningitis C and plans to offer it to every child and college student. There's not much we will know about side effects until it's too l ...
The government is planning to introduce a routine vaccine against a common cause of meningitis by l992. ... ...
My granddaughter Jasmine was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia in 2003.
Menactra, one of the two meningitis vaccines available in the US, may cause Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a serious neurological disorder.
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Bacterial meningitis is a terrible disease that usually ends in death, especially among children in developing countries. Up to half of all patients in developing countries
