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Post-secondary students urged to get free meningitis B vaccine before the fall

Ahead of the new school year, P.E.I’s Chief Public Health Office is reminding post-secondary students to get a free meningitis…

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Canada

She could have died from meningitis. Now this student wants more people to get vaccinated

When varsity athlete Megan Plamondon started feeling sick last November, she thought she’d pushed herself too hard on a two-hour run. The student…

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Health

Serious bacterial infections causing pneumonia, meningitis on the rise in Alberta

Experts are watching closely as cases of invasive pneumococcal disease rise in Alberta. The potentially life-threatening illness is caused by…

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Nova Scotia

Dalhousie medical students spread the word about risks of meningitis B

After two fatal cases of meningitis B at universities in Nova Scotia last year, some Dalhousie medical students in Halifax have united to tell…

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