The family of a six year old Windsor, Ont., girl who died last July wants an inquest into her death. They want to know how the Ornge air ambulance system failed to provide service to transport her…
A B.C. father says he's growing increasingly frustrated that a vaccine against a deadly infection that killed his teenage son is still not covered by health care.
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…
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…