CDC Warns Muslim Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia of Meningitis Outbreak

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 22, 2024
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Muslim pilgrims attending the annual Hajj could be at risk for meningitis due to outbreaks occurring in Saudi Arabia, U.S. health officials warned this week.

Twelve cases of meningitis linked to Umrah travel to Saudi Arabia have been reported to national health agencies ...

CDC Warns of Spike in Bacterial Illness That Can Cause Meningitis

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• March 29, 2024
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There has been a troubling rise in cases of a rare bacterial illness that can cause meningitis, U.S. health officials warned Thursday.

In an

Co-founder of Company Behind Deadly 2012 Meningitis Outbreak Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• March 6, 2024
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Barry Cadden, co-founder of a specialty compounding pharmacy behind a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012, has been handed a prison sentence of 10 to 15 years in Michigan for involuntary manslaughter.

On Tuesday, Cadden pleaded no contest to the charges against him, the ...

Bacterial Meningitis in Childhood Can Devastate the Lives of Survivors

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• January 22, 2024
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Infection in childhood with bacterial meningitis leaves one-third of survivors with long-term neurological damage, often severe, a new study shows.

The disease is rare and easily treated with antibiotics. However, as Swedish researchers point out, antibiotics take time t...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• October 26, 2023
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A new vaccine recommended Wednesday by independent advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide more comprehensive protection from meningitis.

The shot would protect against five types of bacteria causing meningococcal disease, one more t...

CDC Advisors Say High-Risk Men Should Still Get MPox Vaccine

• Robin Foster and Ernie Mundell and Cara Murez HealthDay Reporters
• October 26, 2023
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High-risk men should still get their mpox vaccinations even after the ongoing outbreak ends, advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday.

That vulnerable group includes men who have sex with men; people who have more than one sex...

Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV

• Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
• June 28, 2023
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Meningococcal disease -- which includes meningitis -- appears to be on the rise among Americans infected with HIV, new research reveals.

Researchers stress that the risk to any one person remains exceedingly rare, regardless of their HIV status.

Each year between 2...

CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• June 8, 2023
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U.S. health officials are urgently trying to reach people who've recently had medical procedures at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, because they may be at risk of potentially fatal fungal meningitis.

Those at risk had procedures done under epidural anesthesia between Jan....

Troubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• January 30, 2023
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New drugs may be needed to fight the deadliest form of tuberculosis, because it may no longer respond to current treatments.

An animal study by Johns Hopkins Univer...

CDC Warns of Deadly Outbreak of Meningitis Among Gay Men in Florida

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• June 22, 2022
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One of the worst meningitis outbreaks in U.S. history has prompted public health officials to urge gay and bisexual men who live in Florida or plan to visit the state to get vaccinated right away.

Twenty-four cases of meningitis (