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Giant African land snail invasion in Florida - warning that creatures could carry meningitis-causing parasite

Quarantine has been imposed in an area in Florida to combat an invasive infestation of giant African land snails that threaten agriculture, pets and humans alike

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A+E Works With Ad Client GSK To Produce Meningitis B Awareness Film

Short features Soleil Moon Frye, Melissa Joan Hart

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Rugby star thanks GMB's Dr Hilary for saving his life 20 years on from nearly dying

Saracens and Wales rugby player Nick Tompkins has spoken about his meningitis battle and met Dr Hilary Jones, the man who helped save his life when he was just eight years old

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Precise therapeutic target is provided by charting evolution of primary virulence component in E. coli: Study

This new study focused on a subpopulation of E. coli with a specific capsule - the extracellular barrier that surrounds a bacterium - known as K1. E. coli with this form of capsule has been linked to invasive illnesses such as bloodstream or kidney infections, as well as neonatal meningitis.…

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Two students at Bury College have died of meningococcal disease in three months

Following latest death - of barbering student Alfie Mullans - the UK Health Security Agency said the two cases are not related or linked and are different strains of meningococcal disease

Manchester Evening News

US patients at risk of deadly fungal outbreak if they visited Mexico clinics between these exact dates

The CDC and WHO are investigating dozens of potential cases of fungal meningitis sprouting from two Mexico clinics that offered cosmetic surgeries to US patients

Daily Mirror

Sharon Horgan opens up about ‘aftershock’ following daughter’s meningitis scare: ‘There’s definitely PTSD’

The actor’s eldest daughter’s sickness impacted the way she dealt with her second daughter’s illnesses

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Jordan Banjo flooded with support as he shares update after rushing baby son to hospital

Stars like Joe Swash and Love Island star Iain Stirling have been sending their love to Jordan Banjo and his family online, as the Diversity dancer gives an update following his newborn son being rushed to hospital with suspected meningitis

Daily Mirror

Jordan Banjo's six-week-old son rushed to hospital with sepsis and suspected meningitis

Six-week-old son Atreus was rushed to A&E after his parents feared that something wasn't right.

Daily Record

Jordan Banjo’s six-week-old son hospitalised with sepsis and suspected meningitis

The Diversity star, 30, welcomed third child Atreus with his wife in April

Evening Standard

Jordan Banjo's son rushed to hospital with sepsis and suspected meningitis

I'm A Celebrity star Jordan's wife Naomi has said that they rushed their six-week-old son Atreus to A&E

Daily Mirror

Texas mother among three Americans to die from fungal meningitis after outbreak linked to Mexican clinics

Lauren Robinson, 29, died in Galveston months after she travelled across the border to have a cosmetic procedure

The Independent UK

Texas woman dies of infection linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico

Family says Lauren Brooke Robinson, 29, who reportedly contracted fungal meningitis, began to feel ill months after February procedure

The Guardian - US

Deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures in Mexico

An outbreak of dangerous fungal infections has been tied to recent cosmetic procedures at specific clinics in Mexico. Health officials urge anyone who underwent such procedures to seek a medical evaluation right away.

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Mum killed by fungal brain infection after Mexico surgery - as CDC issue major warning

Lauren Robinson, 29, from Texas has been named as one of three Americans who died from fungal meningitis thought to have been contracted from a comestic surgery clinic in Mexico

Daily Mirror

Fungal outbreak linked to cheap plastic surgeries could be declared as health emergency

A WHO committee may be forced to declare a public health emergency following the death of two women believed to have contracted fungal meningitis during discounted cosmetic surgery

The Independent UK

Meningitis outbreak at Mexico cosmetic surgery clinics linked to two deaths

Federal officials say over 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city

The Independent UK

Meningitis outbreak at Mexico cosmetic surgery clinics linked to two deaths as more than 200 Americans at risk

Federal officials say over 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city

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'Tesco refused to sell me Calpol for my sick baby boy even though I'm 18'

Declan Anderson, 18, was refused the sale while attempting to buy medicine for Archie - who had been suffering from Neisseria meningitis - at the Maltkiln Road Tesco in Barton

Daily Mirror

Plastic surgery patients likely 'injected with fungi' during cut-price cosmetic trips

Over 200 Americans have travelled to plastic surgery clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. Two patients have died after catching fungal meningitis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord

Daily Mirror

Warning after patients travelling for cosmetic surgery left with severe fungal infections

Two patients have died, with the most recent from Texas, US, last week, after being struck down with fungal meningitis. They had recently travelled to Matamoros, Mexico for cosmetic surgery

Daily Mirror

Two die from fungal brain infection linked to cut-price plastic surgeries in Mexico

A second person, thought to be from Texas, US, is believed to have contracted fungal meningitis after doctors used un-sterilized equipment during surgery in Matamoros in Mexico

The Guardian - UK

‘A gamechanger’: new meningitis vaccine hailed as major step

Successful trials in Africa of NmCV-5 vaccine open the door to affordable treatment for disease that kills 250,000 people a year

The Independent UK

CDC: 2 dead of suspected cases of meningitis after surgeries in Mexico, over 200 patients at risk

Federal officials say over 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city

LiveScience

'Brain-eating' amoeba ruled out in 'cluster of illnesses' in Oklahoma. What could the cause be?

Oklahoma's state health department is investigating a cluster of illnesses in people who swam in local lakes and rivers. The cause remains unknown, but a dangerous brain-eating amoeba has been ruled out.

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