Search result for meningitis
An improved vaccine for meningococcal infections
In most parts of Ireland and UK, Meningococcal infections resulting in bacterial meningitis, are common. Bacterial meningitis is considered a life-threatening disease, posing a continuing threat worldwide. There’s always this constantly growing fear of an increase in a number of antibiotic-...
Meningitis Awareness being spread by Des and Ajoke Braithwaite after their daughter passed away because of it
Their deep wound is not completely cured by the passage of time. 11 December 2014, when they lost their daughter, Temi, to meningitis in the UK, the Des household and Ajoke Braithwaite remains indelible. Rather than burn down, the couple has set up a united front, a foundation in the memory of th...
Bacterial Meningitis
Peter Steyger, Ph.D., developed bacterial meningitis when he was just 14 months old. Steyger, about 50 years later, and having obtained a Ph.D. in neuroscience and numerous publications on ototoxicity and cochlear anatomy, has devoted his life to ensure other children are not presented with the s...