A man is dead and two others are in hospital after they were struck with a deadly disease that kills between five and 10 per cent of people who contract it. WA Health has confirmed the three men were diagnosed with meningococcal disease, an uncommon but life-threatening bacterial infection ofContinue Reading
A child has been hospitalised after contracting the life-threatening disease meningococcal in Western Australia, the fifth reported case of the rare illness in the state this year. The Department of Health confirmed on Tuesday the child had been diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B disease, and remained in hospital as theyContinue Reading
Australians have been urged to be on the lookout for symptoms of a deadly disease after a spike in cases, as a state government promises vaccines to help prevent more deaths. NSW Health issued a warning on Friday after 25 cases of meningococcal disease — mostly the B strain ofContinue Reading
An urgent warning has been issued for residents in NSW after a woman died from meningococcal. The Sydney woman, aged in her fifties, died after contracting the disease, with two other confirmed but unrelated cases also detected. Authorities say a teenager from Sydney, and person aged in their sixties onContinue Reading
A young New Zealand woman has been “suddenly and unfairly taken” after contracting meningococcal disease. Rebekah May Emmett, 23, died on Monday last week “after a short and hard fight”, her family said in a funeral notice published in Hawke’s Bay Today. Ms Emmett worked as a senior stylist atContinue Reading
A baby in Western Australia and a Victorian teenager who attended Schoolies celebrations in Queensland have become the latest people diagnosed with the potentially deadly meningococcal disease. An urgent alert was issued by the Victorian Department of Health on Wednesday after it was confirmed the teenager, 18, had been infected.Continue Reading
A teenager has died after contracting a meningococcal infection, just days after a music festival warned its attendees of a potential outbreak. NSW Health made the announcement on Monday. The woman is the third person to die due to the disease in NSW this year. Her death comes just daysContinue Reading
The ACT state government is warning anyone who attended a popular Canberra music festival in November to remain vigilant for symptoms of a deadly disease they may have been exposed to at the venue. Health authorities are urging people who attended Spilt Milk festival on the weekend of November 26Continue Reading
Parent and young people have been urged to be on the lookout for symptoms of meningococcal with the disease on the rise. Twenty-nine cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in New South Wales so far this year. A man in his 20s died from meningococcal B last week, theContinue Reading