Schoolies warned that after-effects of drinking or drug-taking could disguise the start of meningococcal disease (News-Medical-Net)

Following reports that an 18-year-old student celebrating 'schoolies' week on Queensland's Gold Coast has been hospitalised with meningococcal disease, health officials have warned schoolies that the after-effects of drinking or drug-taking could disguise the onset of the disease.

Myelomonocytic cell recruitment causes fatal CNS vascular injury during acute viral meningitis (Nature)

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection of the mouse central nervous system (CNS) elicits fatal immunopathology through blood?brain barrier breakdown and convulsive seizures. Although lymphocytic-choriomeningitis-virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are essential for disease, their mechanism of action is not known. To gain insights into disease pathogenesis, we observed the ...

New Cause Of Fatal Brain Injury From Acute Viral Meningitis (Science Daily)

What was once thought to be the culprit responsible for fatal brain damage in acute viral meningitis has now been found to be only an accomplice, say researchers at the Scripps Research Institute.

Reducing African Meningitis Epidemics With The Help Of UCAR Weather Forecasts (Medical News Today)

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), working with an international team of health and weather organizations, is launching a project this month to provide long-term weather forecasts to medical officials in Africa to help reduce outbreaks of meningitis.

Forecasters take aim at meningitis outbreaks (Summit Daily News)

BOULDER - Boulder weather researchers are joining international experts to issue long-term forecasts for Africa that will help anticipate the dry, dusty conditions that trigger meningitis outbreaks.

Forecasters take aim at meningitis outbreaks (Denver Post)

BOULDER, Colo.?Boulder weather researchers are joining international experts to issue long-term forecasts for Africa that will help anticipate the dry, dusty conditions that trigger

UCAR weather forecasts aim to reduce African meningitis epidemics (EurekAlert!)

( National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ) The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will provide long-term weather forecasts to medical officials in Africa to help reduce outbreaks of meningitis. The forecasts will enable local health providers to target vaccination programs more effectively for this deadly disease, which is correlated ...

UCAR Weather Forecasts Aim to Reduce African Meningitis Epidemics (Newswise)

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will provide long-term weather forecasts to medical officials in Africa to help reduce outbreaks of meningitis. The forecasts will enable local health providers to target vaccination programs more effectively for this deadly disease, which is correlated with dry and dusty conditions.

New Cause Of Fatal Brain Injury From Acute Viral Meningitis Discovered By Scripps Research Scientists (Medical News Today)

In a November 16 advance online publication of the journal Nature, the researchers say their discovery revamps common beliefs about how such potentially lethal infections may be ravaging the brain and suggests the possibility of new treatments. "This is a paradigm shift in how we think about some forms of meningitis and possibly other infections," says the study's lead investigator, Dorian B.

Scientists discover new cause of fatal brain injury from acute viral meningitis (News-Medical-Net)

In a November 16 advance, online publication of the journal Nature, the researchers say their discovery revamps common beliefs about how such potentially lethal infections may be ravaging the brain and suggests the possibility of new treatments.

Ah, that explains it

Posted by George James Malik June 08, 2008 01:52AM As MLive.com's own Ansar Khan reports, the Red Wings finally revealed on late Friday/early Saturday that Johan Franzen had suffered a sub-dural hematoma, or, ...