This month another college student succumbed to a strain of meningitis that is not covered in the currently recommended meningococcal vaccine. In 2013 and 2014 outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal
As our obsession with basketball's March Madness is nearing an end, our efforts to encourage "both shots" in the fight against meningococcal disease remains at center court.
While March is a time w
This guest post was written by Neal Raisman, PhD, to highlight the threat of meningococcal disease in the U.S. as part of Vaccinate Your Family’s “State of the ImmUnion” campaign.
After losing her son Evan to meningococcal disease, Lynn Bozof’s life became a mission to prevent other families from experiencing similar tragedies. She has since co-founded the National Meningitis
Since outbreaks of meningococcal serogroup B began occurring on various college campuses late last year, resulting in several student deaths, there has been a lot of interest in a new meningococcal se
At the February meeting of The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Committee conducted three important votes which altered or created new recommendations for meningococcal vaccine
This week the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will be voting on recommendations for a new meningococcal vaccine (MenB) that covers the serogroup B strain. In advance of this vote, we are
Earlier this week, news reports started pouring in of a meningococcal outbreak among students at Princeton University. The number of cases and the lack of any direct connection among the cases help
Every Child By Two has a long history of advocating for immunization funding and strong immunization policies. As the Senate is now considering two crucial pieces of legislation — the American H
While anyone can contract meningococcal disease, adolescents and young adults are among the population who have a higher risk for the disease due to their lifestyle factors. Learn more about how it i