Meningococcal Disease

• Toronto Public Health recommends meningococcal vaccine amid rise in cases

  Public health officials in Toronto are recommending that people get vaccinated for meningococcal disease in light of an increase in cases.

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  Jun 7, 2024
  
• 3 cases of meningococcal disease reported in Toronto, public health says

  The public health agency said the three affected people are between 20 and 30 years old and one of them has died from meningococcal disease.

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  Aug 25, 2022
  
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• Interior Health declares an end to the meningococcal disease outbreak

  Interior Health is declaring an end to the meningococcal outbreak in the Okanagan.

  Feb 14, 2018
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• Okanagan residents aged 18-19 urged to get meningococcal disease immunizations

  So far since the outbreak started on December 14th, there have been 14,486 immunizations for the disease in the Okanagan.

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  Feb 5, 2018
• ‘My son died needlessly’: Grieving Okanagan father of meningitis victim demands answers

  19-year-old Aidan Pratt of Oliver, B.C. died after contracting meningitis. His grieving father is now demanding answers.

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  Jan 8, 2018
• Meningococcal vaccination plateaus

  The Interior Health Authority declared an outbreak in December and began widespread vaccinations.

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  Jan 4, 2018
• IH expands meningococcal vaccination options

  “We actually are thrilled with the [vaccination] uptake. We have gone, in one week's time, from 15 per cent to almost 60 per cent coverage of the target population.”

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  Dec 22, 2017
• Okanagan’s meningitis vaccination clinics busy following declaration of outbreak

  More than 400 teenagers headed to the Okanagan's free meningitis vaccination clinics.

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  Dec 16, 2017
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• More meningitis vaccination clinics this weekend in the south Okanagan

  Meningococcal disease is a rare, bacterial infection that can affect the brain lining and/or blood.

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  Nov 17, 2017
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• Vaccinations urged after Okanagan students get potentially deadly disease

  Two students at the Oliver high school have fallen ill with Meningococcal Disease

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  Nov 9, 2017