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The Chicago Health Department reported a meningitis outbreak that has killed two people this month.

The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued a new alert after two people recently died from a form of meningitis, and ...

Chicago health officials issue urgent alert after seven meningococcal disease cases, including two deaths. Know the symptoms ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert to health care providers about bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate within the United ...

There have been seven cases of meningococcal disease reported in Chicago since Jan. 15, including two deaths, according to ...

Florida is facing several disease outbreaks — COVID, monkeypox, dengue fever. But meningococcal disease is now on the minds of health experts, too. In a discussion with reporters, Dr. Ulyee Choe, ...

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What are the modes of transmission? Individuals can spread meningococcal infection via saliva and respiratory secretions. The incubation period of meningococcal infection is three to four days, with a ...

I know firsthand what meningococcal meningitis can do to a body. I contracted it at 9 months old. I survived the illness and now live with severe scarring on my skin, along with amputation of some ...

In the last two weeks, Chicago has had two deaths and at least seven cases of meningococcal disease in adults — a higher ...

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