Hong Kong boy, 2, dies of meningitis in third such fatality this year
(WorldNews Environment)

A two-year-old boy died of meningitis on Thursday, in the third such fatality involving children this year. The patient, who had a record of good health and had received pneumococcal vaccines, developed a fever, cough and running nose and started vomiting on November 13, the Centre for Health Protection said. He consulted a private doctor. On Wednesday, the boy was found to have decreased consciousness and was brought to Tuen Mun Hospital, where his condition deteriorated, and he died the next......