Meningitis News

Lomax Elementary in the La Porte Independent School District sent a letter home to parents Tuesday to inform them about the diagnosis.

A sharp-eyed mum who recognised the onset of meningitis in her own baby is urging others to brush up on the potentially deadly disease.

A student at St. Anne's School in Bethlehem has bacterial meningitis , the Bethlehem Health Bureau confirmed this morning.

A A case of bacterial meningitis has been confirmed for a sick pupil at the St. Anne School on Hickory Street, according to the city health bureau.

A third child, a student at Torquay Community College has been admitted to hospital with a confirmed case of a different strain of the meningococcal B infection.

A Halifax County Middle School student is being treated for non-bacterial, viral meningitis, school officials said this week.

A KIDDERMINSTER mother who came close to losing her daughter to meningitis is urging people to "trust their instincts" as part of a national charity campaign.

After being found unconscious in her room on Jan. 18, an FSU student was admitted to a local hospital with symptoms of meningitis.

The 20-year-old man, who has not been identified, is a commuter from Warren County and attends the College of Business.

EYE ON THE FORECAST A cool Friday morning, then partly to mostly cloudy and warm in the afternoon.

PARENTS, teachers and family doctors and their staff are being advised to be on the alert for symptoms of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.