Health Alert RSS Feed
By Ian Bruk on December 13, 2004 - 5:30pm
I just overheard on CBC Radio an alert to this story:
VANCOUVER (CP) - The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has launched a vaccination program for gay men to protect against a bacteria that can cause meningitis.
The centre said that since the beginning of October, six cases of meningococcal C disease have been reported among gay men, and of those, three have died.
It said the outbreak suggests the bacteria may have become more widespread among gay men.
As a result, health agencies across B.C. are offering free vaccinations against meningococcal C to gay men and teenagers, as well as bisexual men or other men who have sex with males.
The centre said gay men who may be the most at risk include those who live in, or travel to, Greater Vancouver or southern Vancouver Island, those who have more than one sexual partner or who are socially active in the gay community.
Symptoms of meningococcal infection include high fever, headache and stiff neck.
I found this at medbroadcast. From their site:
Medbroadcast health news articles are now available as an RSS news feed entitled "Canadian Online Health Information". RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication," and it's another way for Medbroadcast to make the most up-to-date health news and other content available to our visitors.
There only seems to be one feed for the entire country. Thought it should be added but also thought I should post to main page as it sounded pretty serious.
Once you have installed RSS reader, just add this location of Medbroadcast news feed (http://www.medbroadcast.com/rss_ch.asp?rid={A59FDA0E-417A-4E6F-B5A9-41D5775D46CC}) to the list of news feeds.
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