meningitis

Meningitis B: Your questions answered

BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B Source link

5 months ago

‘I feel so grateful to be alive,’ Kent University meningitis survivor says

Twenty-one-year-old Annabelle Mackay has spoken to the BBC about her experience of surviving a meningitis infection. The University of Kent…

5 months ago

I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.…

5 months ago

Health bosses can't confirm meningitis outbreak contained

Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs. Source link

5 months ago

Why is this meningitis outbreak so explosive?

This is famously the case in the Meningitis Belt – which stretches across 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal…

5 months ago

People don’t need to buy a meningitis B jab, Wes Streeting says

Oliver Picard, chairman of the National Pharmacy Association, told BBC Radio 5 Live that his own pharmacies were getting a…

5 months ago

Mother ‘absolutely shocked’ to find daughter had meningitis

The mother of a young woman who was admitted to hospital told the BBC she was "absolutely shocked" when she…

5 months ago

Inside Health – What’s driving the outbreak of meningitis among students?

Available for over a yearMore than 30,000 people are being contacted in the Canterbury area regarding the outbreak of bacterial…

5 months ago

What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine?

Two people have died following an outbreak of meningitis, including one student at the University of Kent. Source link

5 months ago

Preventable ‘meningitis belt’ deaths targeted in health agency action plan

People anywhere, at any age can be infected with meningitis, which is transmitted through respiratory secretions or droplets in close…

1 year ago