Meningitis in Dijon: the risk still present on campus
The director general of the Regional Health Agency recalls that the bacteria could still circulate on campus, and underlines the ...
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Meningitis: vaccination in Dijon until February 10
The special vaccination device on the campus of the University of Dijon is temporarily closed, but will be in place ...
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Meningitis: 13,000 students already vaccinated in Dijon
After two deaths caused by bacterial meningitis, the ARS Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is continuing the vaccination campaign in the university.Since the beginning ...
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Marseille: a ten-month-old baby hospitalized because of meningitis
A 10-month-old baby was hospitalized, in serious condition, in intensive care at the CHU de La Timone in Marseille. He ...
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Meningitis: vast vaccination campaign in Beaujolais
In two months, four people were infected with meningococci B in the Beaujolais region. A vaccination campaign has just been ...
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Besançon: death of the 5-year-old boy with meningitis
The child had been hospitalized in intensive care at the CHU de Besançon since Saturday. All people who have been ...
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Meningitis C: vaccination is recommended for homosexuals
Men who have sex with men are advised to be vaccinated against meningococcus C. They are at greater risk of ...
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Meningitis: the condition of the hospitalized girl is stationary
ARS Languedoc-Roussillon / Midi-Pyrénées announced this Saturday that an 11-year-old girl had contracted meningitis. His condition is stationary.An 11-year-old girl ...
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Meningitis A: vaccine saved thousands of lives in Africa
Meningitis A is said to be almost eradicated in Africa. All this thanks to a vaccine developed and distributed in ...
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Meningitis: two new cases detected in the Rhône
Two new cases of meningitis have been confirmed in the Rhône, in two young children. Quickly hospitalized, their vital prognosis ...
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National Meningitis Day: informing parents to act quickly
On the occasion of National Meningitis Day, PourquoiDocteur looks back on this often poorly understood disease, which affects between 500 ...
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Meningitis vaccine: 240 families seek redress
240 families are concerned about the effects of defective meningitis vaccines on the health of their children. They seek redress ...
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Meningitis: 15 portraits of surviving children to alert parents
The collective Together against meningitis is launching a campaign on the symptoms and benefits of vaccination. One in ten people ...
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Meningitis B finally has its vaccine
The pharmaceutical group Novartis has just obtained approval from the European authorities to market Bexsero. A vaccine against the most ...
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General practitioners reluctant on certain vaccines
According to a study conducted in France, some general practitioners are still hesitant to recommend the vaccine against meningococcus C ...
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Meningitis: a campaign to prevent an unpredictable disease
One in ten people die from meningitis. To avoid it, the Ensemble contre la meningitis collective is launching an information ...
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Meningitis: a 4th death in 3 weeks
After the death of 3 people in Nice at the end of February, a 19-year-old man died of lightning menigitis ...
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Meningitis B: a 70% effective vaccine authorized in Europe
The European Medicines Agency has given the green light to the vaccine against meningitis B, the most common of the ...
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