Bacterial & Viral infections News

Fourth meningitis death in Joburg

The death of a 16-year-old boy from suspected meningitis at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital was "shocking" and "inexcusable", the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.

Researcher spared Ebola horror

A researcher who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus was declared healthy. He has been released from isolation, having been spared the horrific symptoms of the disease.

Meningitis: protect your family

Meningitis is one of those forces of nature, which remind us that – in spite of the magic of medical science – we are still in a life-and-death battle with certain bacteria.

Meningitis kills 960 in Nigeria

The death toll from an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria has risen to 960 people of out more than 17 000 people infected since January 1, the World Health Organisation said Friday.

Ebola vaccine tested on human

A scientist has accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice. The race is now on to save her life with an experimental vaccine.

Meningitis suspected in E Cape

Eleven teenage school learners are being treated for suspected meningitis in the Eastern Cape, a provincial health spokesman said on Monday.

Meningitis death in KZN

Amid four more meningitis cases in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal has reported its first death from the infection this year.

Meningitis scare at Joburg school

A meningitis scare has hit Mondeor High School, south of Johannesburg, after a pupil died from the disease this week, the Gauteng education department said.

Ebola virus jumps species

Experts from three UN agencies have arrived in the Philippines to investigate an outbreak of the Ebola-Reston virus at two pig farms north of Manila.

Three ebola deaths in Congo

The World Health Organization has confirmed the Ebola virus had killed three people in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said more deaths were being investigated.