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Co-founder of Company Behind Deadly 2012 Meningitis Outbreak Gets Up to 15 Years in...

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Barry Cadden, co-founder of a specialty compounding pharmacy behind a deadly meningitis outbreak...

Long-Term Disability Risk Seen After Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

Risk higher for seven specific disabilities

Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way

Advisers are urging the CDC to authorize a vaccine that protects against five types of meningococcal disease

Dexamethasone No Benefit in HIV-Positive With Tuberculous Meningitis

No survival benefit or benefit in any secondary end point seen for adjunctive dexamethasone versus placebo

Meningococcal Disease Cases Up in Persons With HIV in 2022

29 cases seen in 2022, based on preliminary data, accounting for 9.8 percent of all meningococcal disease cases

CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics

The CDC says patients could be in danger even if they have no symptoms or just mild ones

4CMenB Vaccination Effective Against Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children Under 5

Vaccine effectiveness with at least one dose was 64 percent against serogroup B, 82 percent against non-serogroup B disease

Late-Onset Meningitis ID’d in 1 Percent of Extreme Preemies

Performance of lumbar puncture has decreased in late-onset sepsis evaluations; 16 percent of late-onset meningitis cases occurred without late-onset sepsis

CDC Warns of Deadly Outbreak of Meningitis Among Gay Men in Florida

Agency is also emphasizing the importance of routine MenACWY vaccination

Pharmacy Exec Behind Meningitis Outbreak Gets Longer Prison Sentence

President and co-owner of the New England Compounding Center received a 14.5-year sentence from a federal judge Wednesday