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Walgreens to offer meningitis B vaccinations in Santa Clara

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Following the confirmation of three meningococcal meningitis B infections in students at Santa Clara University last week, The Santa Clara County Public Health Department  announced administering approximately...

Oregon Governor Brown encourages meningitis B vaccination in new PSA

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As previously reported after the 6th case of meningococcal group B disease in a University of Oregon student, Oregon Governor Kate Brown released the Public Service Announcement (PSA) this past Tuesday. In...

University of Oregon outbreak: ‘Another serogroup B disease’; student doing fine

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After the confirmation of the sixth case of meningococcal disease in a University of Oregon student this year, a press conference was held in which Dr. Paul Cieslak, Medical Director for the Acute and...

Meningitis Angels respond to ACIP meningitis B vaccine decision

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In response to the decision earlier this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimous vote to ONLY use the new meningococcal...

Meningitis B Vaccines For High-Risk Groups Only: ACIP unanimous vote

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously voted today in favor of recommending meningococcal group B vaccines, including...

Trumenba meningitis B vaccine study shows good results

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Pfizer announced Tuesday positive top-line results of a Phase 2 study of TRUMENBA®(Meningococcal Group B Vaccine) co-administered with FDA-approved, routine meningococcal (groups A, C, Y and W) (MCV4)...

University of Oregon hold meningitis B vaccination clinics through March 5

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In response to four recent cases of meningococcemia/meningococcal meningitis in University of Oregon students since the beginning of the year, including the death of 18-year-old freshman, Lauren Jones,...

Lauren Jones is the 4th meningococcemia case confirmed at Oregon

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The speculation over the cause of death of University of Oregon (UO) freshman, Lauren Jones is over as the Lane County Health Department confirmed Friday the 18-year-old died from the serious bacterial...

University of Oregon to ‘ramp up’ campus meningitis B vaccination effort

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After the three confirmed cases of meningococcal meningitis on the University of Oregon (UO) campus this year and the suspect case in the death of freshman, Lauren Jones, university officials say they...

Meningitis Angels and the ‘Cost of measles’

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The issue of vaccines and measles continue to dominate the health headlines; however, another infectious disease and vaccine-related topic has risen in terms of attention and that’s meningococcal...