La neuróloga Saima Bashir, coordinadora del Grupo de Estudio de Neurología Crítica e Intensivista de la Sociedad Española de Neurología, destaca que haber aparcado las medidas de contención de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha provocado “una tendencia creciente de incidencia de la meningitis meningocócica desde el año 2022”. Por ello, resalta la importancia de mantener “medidas de higiene personal” ante la conmemoración, el próximo domingo, del Día Mundial contra la meningitis. La...| EFE Salud
Every now and then, we hear about some event in the news. Sometimes it can cause unjustified panic, like when people in the U.S. started panicking about Ebola virus, despite the risk to the average American being next to nothing. Other times, it can cause realistic concern, such as we see among the people of Flint, Michigan, or among members of communities where there are disease outbreaks. Reactions to these events run the gamut from the rational to the irrational and absurd. There is always...| Harpocrates Speaks
Abigail survived meningococcal disease, though it left a permanent mark. She recounts her experience by poem.| Voices For Vaccines