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Health Dept: Small but serious invasive meningococcal disease outbreak in Chicago
Posted 4:59 PM, June 3, 2015, by WGN Web Desk, Updated at 05:00pm, June 3, 2015
CHICAGO ? The health department says a small but serious outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease appears to be affecting sexually active gay men, so they are being urged to get vaccinated.
The Chicago Department of Health urgently pulled together Wednesday?s press conference after determining Tuesday the 3 reported cases that have been reported in the past three weeks have all come from the same strain...
Fifth meningococcal infection reported; city continues call for vaccinations
Sat. June 13, 2015 11:47 AM | by GoPride.com News Staff
Chicago, IL ? Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) officials confirmed Friday that a fifth case of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has been reported in Chicago -- this one residing in suburban DuPage County.
Three people were initially infected with the disease when CDPH officials first issued a warning on June 3. One of those cases has proven to be fatal...
Chicago identifies 7th case in meningitis outbreak
Posted: Jul 09, 2015 3:04 PM EDT Updated: Jul 09, 2015 3:09 PM EDT
Posted by Steven Winkeler, Director
CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials have identified another case in a serious outbreak of meningitis affecting gay and bisexual men in the Chicago area.
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Julie Morita says a seventh case was identified over the weekend. It is the sixth case in Chicago and the seventh in Illinois...
Two more Chicago meningitis cases reported
by Matt Simonette
2016-04-12
Chicago Department of Public Health ( CDPH ) officials announced, on April 12, that two more cases of meningococcal meningitis have been identified in the Chicago area, and are asking that gay and bisexual men get vaccinated against the infection.
The two infected individuals were linked to the same serogroup that infected seven other people between May and July of 2015. One of those seven individuals died from the infection. In all nine cases, the patients were men who have sex with men ( MSM ). The 2015 episodes sparked an aggressive push from CDPH to get Chicago gay and bisexual men vaccinated...
