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AP News | 2010-02-22 14:12:53
Drugmaker Novartis says meningitis vaccine gets US approval for people between 11 and 55
Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Monday that its meningitis vaccine Menveo has been approved for use in teenagers and adults by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Menveo is a vaccine against four common types of bacterial meningitis, which affects between 1,000 and 3 ...
AP Features | 2009-03-27 17:32:49
<div><p>The death toll from an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria has risen to 960 people of out more than 17,000 people infected since Jan. 1, the World Health Organization said Friday.</p><p>"It's the first time we've had so many cases in northern Nigeria," an area ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-03-03 20:00:31
<div><p>A fresh outbreak of meningitis has killed at least 58 people in northern Nigeria since the start of the year, health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>The most affected states are Gombe, Bauchi and Katsina, the officials said.</p><p>"We have recorded 22 deaths ...
AP Features | 2009-02-18 00:00:07
<div><p>A second soldier stationed at the Army's Fort Leonard Wood has died of meningitis, officials said Tuesday.</p><p>Army officials said Pvt. Randy Stabnick, 28, of South Bend, Ind., died Tuesday at a hospital in Springfield.</p><p>A 23-year-old soldier from Alabama stationed ...
