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Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...
Meningitis in Children. Parents should know the various symptoms of meningitis in children that can endanger their safety.
The Palestinian group Hamas warned Tuesday of a meningitis outbreak in the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s ongoing attacks and siege ...
Preventing Meningitis in Children. Observe Proper Sanitization. Encourage them to practice good respiratory hygiene, such as ...
For children and young adults, there are mainly two kinds of meningitis vaccines: Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY) to protect against types A, C, W, and Y Meningococcal B vaccines (MenB ...
Some children across the Upstate are getting very sick and even dying from meningitis. A growing number of parents are concerned. While health officials tell us it's impossible to know how many ...
Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis has admitted scores of children suffering from the disease in the last week ...
Children with meningitis often cannot or will not lie flat. They might insist on keeping their head elevated or seem unable to get comfortable in their normal sleeping position.
Of 2780 children (age, <18 years) who were discharged with a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, only 8.9% received adjuvant corticosteroids (mostly dexamethasone) during the first day of ...
Meningitis remains a serious condition, especially for young children, with high death rates and lasting neurological effects in survivors. Vaccines can protect against the most common types of ...
Residual neurologic abnormality followed meningitis in 5 patients. Table 4 reveals that fever persisted for nine to fourteen days in these children despite rapid clearing of the cerebrospinal ...
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has sounded the alarm over a sharp increase in meningitis infections, particularly among ...