Meningitis outreak declared at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University after student death

Nova Scotia Public Health say they are investigating two cases of meningitis at Dalhousie University after a student’s sudden death.

Public Health said in an email to students and faculty that a second person who had meningococcal disease is recovering in hospital.

Meningitis – infections of the lining of the brain and spinal cord – is one of the most common types of meningococcal infections, which can be “very serious and can be deadly in a matter of hours.

The meningococcal B vaccine is not part of the routine publicly funded vaccine program in the province. But as Skye Bryden-Blom reports, amid this latest outbreak, one Halifax family is calling for change after the death of their son a year ago.

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