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The Department of Health is encouraging community members to get vaccinated against diphtheria, following a case of severe respiratory diphtheria in a child in the Perth metropolitan area. Public Health is currently undertaking contact tracing for this case and providing…
Home » Health » Moroccan Expert Calls for Action to Close Diphtheria Vaccination Gaps Illustration of Diphtheria symptoms by MWN Design Team Rabat – Diphtheria has reappeared in Morocco after more than three decades without reported cases, exposing vaccination gaps and the need…
GENEVA – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis - a debilitating disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. By 2030, the goals are to eliminate epidemics of bacterial meningitis…
Since the beginning of 2023, 557 confirmed cases of diphtheria have been detected in Nigeria, affecting 21 of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. (WHO, 27 Apr 2023) The outbreak has reached alarming proportions, with 32 states affected, and 12 states experiencing severe cases. Kano State…
One travel-related case of diphtheria has been confirmed in Western New York, according to the Erie County Department of Health, and four schools in the West Seneca Central School District have been identified as possible sites for exposure. “We expect…
Meningitis has left David Ferguson with a brain injury, a double amputation affecting both feet, epilepsy and profound deafness A man from Kent said his husband has been left suffering with open wounds for almost three years after both feet…
A man in his 40s from metropolitan Adelaide has been diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease serogroup B and a woman in her 40s from metropolitan Adelaide is in a stable condition, after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease serogroup B. The two cases…
When you get vaccinated against infections like the flu or covid, you’re probably thinking about lowering your chances of getting sick. But research suggests certain routine vaccines may have another health benefit: protecting your heart. “We’re beginning to understand the…
A male student from Ngo Thoi Nhiem Primary, Secondary, and High School in Binh Duong Ward (Ho Chi Minh City) has been diagnosed with meningococcal group B infection. He has received one dose of the meningococcal vaccine against groups A,…
Meningitis, diphtheria, mumps, chickenpox and other vaccine-preventable outbreaks: cases, symptoms, deaths and the response.
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