Meningitis: alert in the face of the resurgence of enterovirus infections
Public Health France is concerned about the proliferation of enterovirus infections and viral meningitis in our country. THE ESSENTIAL Enterovirus ...
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Lightning meningitis: “My daughter Audrey died in 24 hours”
While vaccination against meningitis will probably be expanded and cases have exploded in France last year, Jimmy tells us the ...
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Meningitis: towards an expansion of vaccination?
The High Authority of Health recommends an expansion of vaccination against meningitis, given the increase in cases. The government intends ...
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Meningitis: a 4-year-old child dies suddenly from the infection in Landes
A 4-year-old girl died in a few days from meningitis. The Pasteur Institute is warning of an increase in contamination ...
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Bacterial meningitis: a student dies in Lille
A student infected with bacterial meningitis died, the thirteen contact cases began preventive treatment. THE ESSENTIAL A student at the ...
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Increase in cases of meningitis: how to protect against it?
Here is how to protect yourself from meningitis and thus avoid potential deaths or amputations. THE ESSENTIAL In France, cases ...
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Meningitis: cases exploded after Covid-19
The Pasteur Institute warns of the explosion in cases of meningococcal meningitis observed after the cessation of health measures put ...
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Streptococcal meningitis: we know why infants are 30 times more affected
© ShutterstockEvery year throughout the world, thousands of infants are affected by group B streptococcal meningitis. Often fatal, the disease ...
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Meningitis B: what is it, how to recognize it and how to protect yourself from it?
© ShutterstockBefore explaining what meningitis B is, we must go back to the source of this pathology: the meningococcus B. ...
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Meningitis: why are cases (sharply) on the rise again?
© ShutterstockShould we be worried about the return of meningitis? Since the summer of 2022, several outbreaks of serogroup B ...
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Meningitis: a worrying increase in cases
Cases of meningitis have risen sharply in recent months in France, a worrying situation for health authorities. THE ESSENTIAL Public ...
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Meningococcal meningitis: a student admitted to intensive care in Nantes
A student is hospitalized in intensive care at the Nantes University Hospital because he has meningococcal meningitis, an infection of ...
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Brain: how bacteria can prevent it from defending itself
There are bacterial pathogens capable of scrambling the communication between nerve and immune cells in the meninges in order to ...
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Case of meningitis in Strasbourg: after a 6th infection, young people called to be vaccinated
© Shutterstock"As of January 5, 2023, six cases ofinvasive meningococcal infections (IMD) of group B linked to the same bacterial ...
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Polio, meningitis, tetanus… Midwives can now vaccinate children
© ShutterstockUntil now, midwives only had the right to vaccinate pregnant women and newborns as well as their immediate surroundings. ...
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Meningitis in children: should we be afraid of it?
© ShutterstockIt all starts with an infection, usually mild: sore throat, nasopharyngitis, otitis, etc. Then, the germ in question can ...
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Meningitis: why are more than 56,000 young people and children called upon to be vaccinated?
© ShutterstockAround Chambéry (Savoie) and in the east of Lyon (Rhône), more than 56,000 mailboxes received the same mail: young ...
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Meningitis: what are the symptoms of meningococcal B infection?
© shutterstockThe bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is commonly called "meningococcus". To date, 12 "variants" of meningococcus have been observed worldwide: in ...
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Meningococcal B meningitis: what signs should alert?
As the meningitis epidemic continues to progress in Strasbourg, the Grand Est Regional Health Agency (ARS) invites the public to ...
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Meningitis: four cases, including one death, have been reported in Strasbourg
The Grand-Est Regional Health Agency (ARS) warns of cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IIM), a fatal meningitis, which led to ...
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WHO fears a risk of resurgence of meningitis A
While meningitis A had almost disappeared in Africa, the disruption of vaccination campaigns in 2020 and 2021 worries the WHO ...
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Meningitis is back, we must vaccinate as soon as possible
Faced with new cases of meningococcal B meningitis in Rhône-Alpes, the Regional Health Agency is launching a major vaccination campaign.Meningitis ...
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Meningococcal meningitis: a serious infection in adults and children
Focus on meningococcal meningitis, a serious infection in adults and children. THE ESSENTIAL One in five people surviving an episode ...
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The vaccine against meningitis B would be effective against gonorrhea
Australian scientists have revealed that the meningitis B vaccine may improve protection against gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease that can ...
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He develops serous meningitis after a sex change
A transgender person has developed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (or serous meningitis) following a sex change from female to male. THE ...
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What if we could treat meningitis without antibiotics?
A new treatment for bacterial meningitis has just been discovered. Clinical trials on rats must be confirmed by those on ...
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How to prevent meningitis in infants? We know more
A major advance has been made in understanding the predisposition of newborns to group B streptococcal meningitis. THE ESSENTIAL Specific ...
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Meningitis: a call for vigilance and vaccination
As the National Meningitis Day will be held this Saturday, emergency physicians call for the vigilance of families and health ...
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Bacterial meningitis: a campaign to relaunch vaccination
© Anne GeddesDespite the recommendations of health authorities, the vaccine against meningitis remains largely shunned by the French. The collective ...
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Infant meningitis: WHO calls for a vaccine
© ShutterstockGroup B streptococcus (GBS) is a common bacteria that many pregnant women carry. On average, 15% of all pregnant ...
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