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• n  infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

• Tests indicate that every other child is liable to an attack by cerebro-spinal meningitis.
• Meningococcic meningitis is on the upswing again.
• Cryptococcal meningitis was always fatal until the antifungal drug, amphotericin B, came into use six years ago.

News & Articles

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• New Meningococcal Meningitis Awareness Program, "Get in the Game" to Level Playing Field for Young Athletes
  SILVER SPRINGS, Md. and SWIFTWATER, Pa., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Voices of Meningitis, a public health initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) in collaboration with Sanofi ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Meningitis outbreak: Nashville lawsuits dropped
  Wayne Reed, left, lost his wife, Diana, to fungal meningitis. Lawyers have dropped Nashville lawsuits filed on behalf of Reed, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and other local victims. They plan to refile the claims against multiple parties in a pending federal court case in Massachusetts.
  June 12, 2013 - Ashland City Times
• Meningitis victims' families drop local St. Thomas lawsuit
  Four families who sued Saint Thomas Hospital following last year's fungal meningitis outbreak have dropped their lawsuits in Davidson County.
  June 11, 2013 - WSMV Nashville

Quotes

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• Melinda Gates in Sydney Morning Herald
  Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said: "I've had the privilege of meeting Dr Sow and was inspired by his work to prevent needless deaths from pneumonia and meningitis. Thanks to Dr Sow and his colleagues, children in...
• Liam Donaldson in Times Online
  Pneumococcal infection can cause very serious illness such as meningitis and pneumonia, as well as being one of the most common bacterial causes of ear infections,said Sir Liam. "The under 2s are a particular risk group. The new vaccine...
• Malachy McCourt in Globe and Mail
  He's not too good at the moment. He was doing fine but he got meningitis two weeks ago and it turned the whole thing topsy-turvy,said Malachy McCourt, an actor, writer and politician.