The 23-year-old female is being treated Royal North Shore Hospital, where she remains in a stable condition. She is the 19th person in the northern Sydney and Central Coast areas to be diagnosed this ...

A TWO-year-old child from Sydney's west is being treated for meningococcal disease after being rushed to hospital in a critical condition. The toddler remains in a serious but stable condition in the ...

The recent death of a ­child in a NSW regional hospital and news yesterday that an Australian Defence Force Academy cadet had been diagnosed with the disease has ­triggered a national alert.

The assurance comes after an 18-year-old medical student was found dead in his room at the Catholic College at James Cook University in Townsville on Wednesday night. Then a friend who lived on the ...

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Listing the Bexsero vaccine on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme would slash the cost, currently up to $500 for infants. “I wish it was available for me when I was younger, so I didn’t have to go ...

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They want better protection from a “horrible disease” that teens in other states receive for free. More than 18000 people have signed an online petition in the wake of the sudden death of 16-year-old ...

Kristy Appleton fell sick with meningococcal B on the day she returned home from competing on the world stage in waterskiing. (Supplied) If Kristy Appleton was born a year later, she would have ...