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NEWS ABOUT: meningitis

meningitis stories: 5 news summaries

 Angela's Ashes Author 
 McCourt Gravely Ill

'He is not expected to live,' brother says

Jul 16, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt is battling skin cancer and meningitis and is near death, his brother tells the New York Daily News. McCourt, 78, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1996 memoir about growing up in poverty in Ireland, is under hospice care, says his brother Malachy. "... More »

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meningitis • literature • skin cancer • Ireland • melanoma • author

(Newser) - While the world panics over swine flu, many far more serious outbreaks lie in wait, reports Foreign Policy. Here are some you won’t see on TV—yet:  
  • Cholera: The deadly diarrheal infection is rampant in Africa, with infections shooting up 96% in 2006. The current outbreak in
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Africa • AIDS • meningitis • Ebola • outbreak • pandemic • cholera • swine flu • spinal meningitis • dengue fever

 Obama Praises 
 Nurses, Recalls 
 Sasha Scare 

Prez has lifelong respect for nurses after infant daughter's hospitalization

Mar 27, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Barack Obama’s White House Internet town hall meeting yesterday wasn’t all business: he also discussed his soft spot for nurses, People reports. During his response to a health policy question, the president remembered the care given to daughter Sasha during her hospitalization with life-threatening meningitis at age... More »

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Barack Obama • nurses • meningitis • Sasha Obama • President Obama

Merck Recalls 1M Doses
of Vaccine for Kids

Drug company finds contamination at its Pennsylvania factory

Dec 12, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Merck is recalling almost a million doses of a childhood vaccine after it found evidence of contamination at one of its factories, the AP reports. The pharmaceutical giant says no children have been harmed after taking Hib, which prevents meningitis and pneumonia, but the company is recalling its 10 lots... More »

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Merck • Vioxx • meningitis • vaccine • pneumonia • pharmaceutical industry • hepatitis B • hib

Nigeria Sues Pfizer Over Deadly Tests

$7B suit claims drug giant carried
out disastrous trials on children

Jun 5, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nigeria is suing pharma giant Pfizer for $7 billion, claiming the company carried out improper trials on children. 200 children in the state of Kano died, and others developed deformities, after Pfizer tested Trovan, an experimental antibiotic, during a 1996 meningitis outbreak. Nigeria claims the tests were unauthorized, but Pfizer... More »

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medicine • Nigeria • pharma • Pfizer • Trovan • meningitis • children • Kano

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