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Bill 2, Meningitis Awareness Day Act, 2010 Passes Second Reading An Act to proclaim April 24 in each year as Meningitis Awareness Day

Leeanna Pendergast, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga, tabled for…

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Advanced vaccine guards against lethal meningitis

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…

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New Vaccine for Pneumococcal Disease Receives Priority Approval From Health Canada

Prevnar(R) 13 Provides Broadest Coverage of any Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Infants and Young Children…

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With all the recent worry over H-1-N-1, it’s important to remember another serious illness that can mimic the flu.   Health Specialist Laura Di Battista with what you need to know to protect…

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A new meningococcal conjugate vaccine: What should physicians know and do? R Bortolussi, M Salvadori; Canadian Paediatric Society, Immunization and Infectious Diseases Committee.

A quadrivalent…

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Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast – one of the few infections in the U.S. and Canada where someone can…

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Ontario government applauded for adopting broad protection strategy against meningococcal meningitis All grade 7 students in Ontario will be provided Menactra® vaccine

Waterloo, ON, (June 2, 2009…

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Ontario Students to Benefit from New Vaccine NEWS - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care McGuinty Government Adds Meningococcal Vaccine To Voluntary School Immunization Program

Starting in…

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Meningococcal cases spark warning

By: Hank Daniszewski, Sun Media,

The Middlesex-London Health Unit issued a warning today after four people in the London area were recently diagnosed with…

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Join Hands together with others around the Globe on 'World Meningitis Day' on April 25th

Canadians can join hands with the Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada and others around the globe to…