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 ...
Read moreBacterial 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 ...
Read moreIncrease 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreStreptococcal 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis 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. ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreMeningococcal 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 ...
Read moreBrain: 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 ...
Read moreCase 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 ...
Read morePolio, 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. ...
Read moreMeningitis 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreMeningococcal 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreWHO 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis 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 ...
Read moreMeningococcal 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 ...
Read moreThe 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 ...
Read moreHe 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 ...
Read moreWhat 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 ...
Read moreHow 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: 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 ...
Read moreBacterial 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 ...
Read moreInfant 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 ...
Read moreMeningitis: preventable deaths thanks to vaccination
After the death of a 15-year-old teenager on January 8 in Nice, a baby succumbed to the disease last weekend ...
Read moreBacteriological meningitis: after the death of a high school student in Nice, measures to avoid contagion
In Nice, a 15-year-old boy died of lightning bacteriological meningitis on the night of Tuesday January 7 to Wednesday January ...
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