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Toddlers waddle For Meningitis Trust in Kilkenny

Tiny Tots Paradise creche is today hosting its annual Meningitis Trust Toddle Waddle at 10.30am to help raise awareness of meningitis in toddlers.

Meningitis Trust calls for Kilkenny volunteers

National support charity the Meningitis Trust is urgently seeking volunteers who can give one hour of their time tomorrow to help with the charity's annual Kilkenny Street Collection.

Benefit night for meningitis victim at Kytelers

A tribute/benefit night for the late Philly Morrissey, who died in May 2010 from meningitis, takes place tonight Friday September 24. The event will be hosted in Kytelers Inn from 8pm until late.

Toddlers to waddle for charity

During the month of October, along with rugby hero Brian O’Driscoll, Ireland’s nation of toddlers will be out in force for the annual Meningitis Trust Toddle Waddle. This year the Meningitis Trust is calling on all crèches and child minders to register for its Toddle Waddle. Register by logging on to www.meningitis-trust.ie, or by emailing [email protected]

City man enlists 100 marathon runners to remember his late daughter

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A local man has enlisted a 100-strong team of family, friends and colleagues to take part in this year’s Galway marathon in aid of the Meningitis Trust.

Be meningitis aware

National charity Meningitis Research Foundation is endeavouring to dispel a meningitis myth to raise awareness of the disease and help save lives this summer. Many people believe meningitis and septicaemia — the blood poisoning form of the disease — can only be contracted during the winter months, when people are more susceptible to illness, however these diseases can strike anyone, of any age, at any time.

Kilkenny woman tells of meningitis horror

A Kilkenny woman is sharing her harrowing story about a time when she contracted meningitis, to highlight Meningitis Awareness Week, which is taking place until Sunday next.

Beware of increased cases of mumps

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Tragic death leaves student community united in grief in Callan

“Meningitis is more prevalent during the autumn/winter months and it can be a potentially fatal disease if it is untreated,” she said. “If the disease is diagnosed early and treated promptly, most people make a complete recovery

Mumps cases in west increase fourteen fold

A major increase in the number of mumps cases in the west has resulted in the HSE West advising teenagers and young adults to ensure that they have had two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine to avoid contracting the infection. The number of reported mumps cases in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon rocketed from 18 last year to 258 by mid December this year.

 

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