Meningitis News

A 20-year-old man has been awarded a compensation package of more than 3 million to help fund a lifetime of future care after critical delays by medical staff in diagnosing meningitis left him severely brain damaged.

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Augsburg College students in Minneapolis are being put on alert for any symptoms of meningitis after a first-year student was hospitalized Wednesday night with a confirmed case of bacterial meningitis.

RUBY AYOUB's schoolmates released balloons in memory of the little girl who should have been celebrating her sixth birthday yesterday.

It has been confirmed that 14-year-old Liam, a pupil at Beaumont Secondary School, died from meningococcal meningitis on Tuesday night.

Stroud-based Meningitis Trust is celebrating today after winning a Outstanding in-house PR teama at last nighta s Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards for the West of England, with an appplicationtitled a Small Team, Big Achievementa .

Shoppers in Penryna s Asda will have the chance learn more about the deadly symptoms of meningitis after a trailer was placed at the supermarket.

An Oxford University student has died from bacterial meningitis. Dr Robert Ellis, principal of Regent's Park College, in Pusey Street, paid tribute to Antonia Bruch, a first year theology student.

Comedian and presenter Sandi Toksvig will share her own experience of meningitis to help a Bristol-based charity.

A TEENAGER who was left unable to walk after falling ill with meningitis has skydived 16,000ft to raise money for research into the disease.

THE Meningitis Research Foundation has this week launched its new student awareness posters to highlight the increased risk of meningitis among students, particularly during the winter months.

PARENTS have been warned to look out for symptoms of meningitis following the death of a 17-year-old boy who is suspected of having contracted the disease.

A hospital in Darlington was criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy was gravely ill, later dying from meningitis.

Meningitis can be caused by viral, bacterial, or fungal infection or by brain trauma, cancer, or drugs.

Altnagelvin Hospital is running a campaign highlighting the fact that babies run a higher risk of meningitis and septicaemia than any other age group.

A Virginia Tech student came awfully close to death about 10 days ago. Doctors and nurses at two different hospitals recognized what he had as spinal meningitis .

Meningitis charities are today warning parents to be aware of the symptoms of the disease.

BRANDON - A confirmed case of bacterial meningitis reported at Brandon Valley High School earlier this week was reduced to probable Thursday morning by the South Dakota Department of Health.

Purdue University health officials announced Tuesday that an undergraduate student had been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.

A DETERMINED Bridgwater couple are helping save lives five years after the death of their baby son from meningitis.