Tuesday is World Meningitis Awareness Day. Amy Purdy, a model, actress and champion snowboarder, speaks with Mutsumi Takahashi about the effect the disease has had on her body.
Michael Longo was just 19 years old when he woke up at home one Saturday morning with flu-like symptoms and a pain in his side. Within hours, he was unconscious.
The disease can look harmless at first, mimicking flu symptoms. But meningitis usually worsens quickly and the bacterial infection can kill or leave those who survive with lifelong complications…
As the Confederation of Meningitis Organizations (CoMO) Paris Conference 2011 got underway on Oct. 1st, one thing was unmistakably clear, sharing stories of loved ones indiscriminately cut down by…
Today 29 Nov 2010 The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England had a major role in the development of a vaccine that…
In life, Mike Maxwell had a passion for the game of road hockey. That passion was fully realized when he played alongside his friends…
As I proudly watched via webcast recently Waterloo Liberal MPP Leeanna Pendergast introduce, during Second Reading, Bill 2 the Meningitis Awareness Day Act in the Ontario Legislature – I could not…
Leeanna Pendergast, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga, tabled for…
On April 24, 2007, 15-year-old Brodie Campbell’s flu-like symptoms worsened during the night, and his parents took him to the hospital. One thing…