meningitis

Cases of deadly bacterial infection rising in Canada

Published on: June 12, 2024
15:52

Ottawa, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Public health officials in Ontario, Manitoba, and Toronto provinces have issued warnings on Wednesday about a rise in cases of a rare bacterial infection that can lead to meningitis and death.

Meningitis outbreak kills 20 in northern Nigeria

Published on: February 29, 2024
10:01

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak, unexpected as usual, of meningitis in northern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 students, official sources reported in a statement circulated in this capital.

WHO recommends new vaccine against malaria, dengue, meningitis

Published on: October 5, 2023
17:55

Geneva, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) At the much-anticipated meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued recommendations for three new groundbreaking vaccines to combat malaria, dengue and meningitis, the director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, according to Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO.

Italy reports gradual surge in meningitis cases

Published on: October 5, 2023
16:15

Rome, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Cases of meningitis in Italy dropped during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but are gradually increasing 0.32 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, a specialist said Thursday.

Investigation into causes of meningitis in Durango, Mexico ongoing

Published on: November 25, 2022
09:41

Mexico City, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The Undersecretary of Public Health of Mexico, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, reported that Epidemiology continues to investigate the causes of meningitis in the state of Durango.

Fungus causes meningitis in Durango, Mexico

Published on: November 11, 2022
07:31

Mexico City, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Durango, Mexico, affecting 40 women and one man and causing three deaths, was caused by a fungus, as confirmed by Secretary of Health, Irasema Kondo.

WHO launches new health campaign to eradicate meningitis

Published on: September 28, 2021
16:31

Geneva, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) launched today a new health campaign to put an end to epidemics of bacterial meningitis and halve the number of cases by 2030.

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