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Antibiotics growing gravely ineffective for childhood infections

A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.

LiveScience

Ask the Doctors: Thunderclap headaches after smoking cannabis could be warning sign

A thunderclap headache can be a warning sign of a life-threatening condition including severely high blood pressure, bleeding in the brain or bacterial meningitis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Group B Strep: Mum's plea for greater awareness of life-threatening infection after baby's meningitis battle

GBS can be fatal for babies but the NHS does not offer routine screening for mothers

Evening Standard

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The meningitis survivor thriving in motorsport management

For Ludovic Peze, November this year will serve as a solemn reminder of a time when the French-Mauritian’s life hung in the balance as it marks a decade since he contracted meningitis.

Autosport

'I wouldn't wish it upon anyone': horrors of meningococcal

'I was given a less than 5 per cent chance of survival.'

Newcastle Herald

Parents urged to get children vaccinated after ‘worrying’ drop in jab uptake

Experts warned a failure to ensure children are fully protected could lead to a spread of contagious diseases.

The Independent UK

What are Brucella canis symptoms and how can disease spread from dogs to humans?

Three Britons have contracted Brucella canis, a bacterial infection found in dogs that can cause meningitis in humans

The Independent UK

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Three Britons catch rare dog disease that can cause meningitis in humans

Brucella canis, a bacterial infection that causes pain, lameness and infertility in canines has now infected three people

The Independent UK

Urgent warning as quarter of London teenagers not protected against meningitis

Immunisation rates against deadly illness continuing to fall amid disruption caused by Covid pandemic

Evening Standard

Unvaccinated students in UK face risk of deadly infection as ‘some tragically dying’

A study showed some 13% of new students have missed vital vaccinations

The Independent UK

British students urged to get meningitis jab to avoid serious illness

Health agency reports about one in eight teenagers old enough to start college have missed free MenACWY vaccination

The Guardian - UK

Students warned they could be at risk of deadly bugs

A study showed some 13% of new students have missed vital vaccinations.

The Independent UK

31-year-old dies of fungal infection during breast implant surgery: Know what happened

A 31-year-old social media influencer’s death due to a fungal infection following a breast implant surgery, which she had in Mexico, has shocked all. Crystal Villegas, the mother of three died after traveling to Mexico to undergo the surgery and contracting meningitis, Daily Mail reported. The Texas resident is the…

The Times of India

Fungal infections in the brain aren't just the stuff of movies – Africa grapples with a deadly epidemic

In the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us, humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the species. This may seem far-fetched but fungi can, and do, infect human brains.

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Daily Mirror

Jordan Banjo says son's health scare 'put things into perspective' as he shares update

Diversity star Jordan Banjo and his wife Naomi Courts' baby son was recently rushed to the hospital with sepsis and suspected meningitis, but thankfully the youngster is doing a lot better now

Daily Mirror

Fungal meningitis outbreak at plastic surgery clinics - with surprising symptoms

Surprising complications, including neurovascular issues and blood vessel problems, have been observed in patients affected by the fungal meningitis outbreak associated with cosmetic clinics in Mexico

Daily Mirror

Jordan Banjo says baby son turned GREY during terrifying battle with sepsis and meningitis

Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star Jordan Banjo welcomed his third child, Atreus, with wife Naomi Courts in April, but the tot was rushed to hospital last month after contracting sepsis and viral meningitis

Daily Mirror

Boy, 10, who lost arms and legs to disease has home renovated for free by kind builders

Luke Mortimer became a quad-amputee after being struck down with meningococcal meningitis, which meant his home need to be redesigned

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The Independent UK

6 dead in a meningitis outbreak tied to Mexico clinics as officials struggle to reach more patients

U.S. health officials say the death toll from an outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border has risen to six

Daily Mirror

Giant African land snail invasion in Florida - warning that creatures could carry meningitis-causing parasite

Quarantine has been imposed in an area in Florida to combat an invasive infestation of giant African land snails that threaten agriculture, pets and humans alike

Multichannel News

A+E Works With Ad Client GSK To Produce Meningitis B Awareness Film

Short features Soleil Moon Frye, Melissa Joan Hart

Daily Mirror

Rugby star thanks GMB's Dr Hilary for saving his life 20 years on from nearly dying

Saracens and Wales rugby player Nick Tompkins has spoken about his meningitis battle and met Dr Hilary Jones, the man who helped save his life when he was just eight years old

Dynamite News

Precise therapeutic target is provided by charting evolution of primary virulence component in E. coli: Study

This new study focused on a subpopulation of E. coli with a specific capsule - the extracellular barrier that surrounds a bacterium - known as K1. E. coli with this form of capsule has been linked to invasive illnesses such as bloodstream or kidney infections, as well as neonatal meningitis.…

Manchester Evening News

Two students at Bury College have died of meningococcal disease in three months

Following latest death - of barbering student Alfie Mullans - the UK Health Security Agency said the two cases are not related or linked and are different strains of meningococcal disease

Daily Mirror

US patients at risk of deadly fungal outbreak if they visited Mexico clinics between these exact dates

The CDC and WHO are investigating dozens of potential cases of fungal meningitis sprouting from two Mexico clinics that offered cosmetic surgeries to US patients

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