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...
Yesterday was the day I had been anxiously anticipating for well over a month. I took my kids to the local senior center to get our flu shots at the county...
The National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID) held a special press conference yesterday where expert panelists spoke frankly about the seriousness of influenza and the importance of annual flu...
With school back in full swing, it won’t be long before parents start seeing report cards. While report cards may reflect a child’s performance on class tests and quizzes, grades...
By Andy Marso I occasionally look at pictures of myself on a spring break trip in 2004, about a month before I almost died of a meningococcal infection. I...
The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) met last week in Washington, D.C. to deliberate recommendations aimed at continually improving our nation’s immunization system. This federal advisory committee, which...
Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus which is spread when blood or other body fluid infected with the hepatitis B virus enters...
Today we highlight a new blog called Vaccines Rock, which is part of a new national campaign from Meningitis Angel’s called “Don’t Wait 2 Late 2 Vaccinate!” The blog...
It’s National Nurses Week and the theme for this year is “Nurses: Leading the Way.” Whether nurses are employed in private practices, health clinics, hospitals or schools, they...
I was saddened to hear about another college student who died at the hands of meningitis. According to a report on NBC News, a 19-year-old Drexel University student, Stephanie Lynn Ross, died...