Meningococcal Vaccines
You need 2 different vaccines to be fully protected. One for C and Y and one for Group B - Meningitis Angels
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Clearing up meningitis vaccine confusion
Meningitis vaccines- when I bring the topic up in my office, that there is a new vaccine, my patients are confused. And rightly so. While the group of diseases known as meningitis all have the same infection of the layer of the brain called the meninges, there are different bacteria and viruses that can cause this disease. At 12 months we give kids meningitis C and in high school we give them a quadrivalent meningitis vaccine- meaning there are 4 different types of strains that can cause meningits.
So what is this new meningitis vaccine about?
This newer vaccine… is indicated to help protect individuals from two months through 17 years of age against meningococcal B disease,…
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Meningitis Angels
Not just college freshmen living in dorms get meningitis. Please educate yourself, speak to your health care provider, follow ACIP recommendations for adolescents and get immunized.
Paralympic Champion Makes The Case For Meningitis Vaccine
The last thing on your mind while you're home from school for the holidays is avoiding a deadly disease. But imagine catching a disease as a teenager — a disease so terrible that it takes not just months to recover, but requires sacrificing both your legs. That's what happened to Amy Purdy at age 19, when she was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.
What vaccines are available?
Effective vaccines are available to prevent some types of meningitis and septicaemia, but not all.
What is meningitis B – and why don’t older children get the vaccine?
Until recently, there was no vaccine against MenB. But in September 2015, the UK was the first country in the world to introduce a new MenB vaccine – Bexsero, produced by GlaxoSmithKline – into the routine NHS childhood immunisation programme. It involves three injections, given to babies at age two months, four months and 12 months of age, which are expected to protect children until around the age of four. However, there are lots of other bacteria and viruses which can cause meningitis, and some strains of MenB are not covered by the vaccine, so this vaccine would not be able to wipe out meningitis completely.
I Want Parents to Know About the Additional Meningococcal Vaccine That Could Have Saved My Daughter
As a mother and a nurse, I was vigilant in having both of my children up-to-date on all recommended vaccinations, including meningococcal vaccination. I was under the common misconception, as many parents are, that the meningococcal vaccine that my daughter received would fully protect her from meningococcal disease, when in fact, it didn’t protect her against meningitis B.
Putting an End to Epidemic Meningitis in Africa
This fact sheet describes PATH’s efforts to eliminate meningococcal meningitis epidemics from Africa, once and for all. It covers work across meningitis projects, including the development and distribution of MenAfriVac®, the vaccine that has virtually eliminated meningitis A wherever it has been introduced.
Why Is Meningitis Still Causing Deaths on U.S. College Campuses?
There's an effective vaccine, but 12 states still don't require it for incoming students.
Clearing up meningitis vaccine confusion
The new MenB vaccine has the potential to fill the last remaining gap in vaccines to prevent all of the major causes of bacterial meningitis outside of the newborn period. About 10 per cent to 14 per cent of people who contract the disease will die despite appropriate treatment. Up to 20 per cent of survivors may suffer from devastating, life-long disabilities such as neurological disabilities, hearing loss or limb loss.
The 16 Vaccine
Some parents are aware of the first dose of the MenACWY vaccine at 11-12 years of age, but they don’t know the CDC recommends a second dose at age 16.
Emily Stillman Foundation
When the Foundation was originally founded, it had a twofold Mission, which included the both organ/tissue donation as well as vaccine advocacy. In 2016 a third Mission was adopted to enable The Foundation to advocate globally for all health and wellness issues.
Kimberly Coffey Foundation
The Kimberly Coffey Foundation provides education to the public and health care professionals about meningococcal disease and advocates for meningococcal vaccination. Our goal is that no other family will endure the loss of a child or have a loved one experience the devastating effects of meningococcal disease. Zero lives lost or affected by this disease is the number we are striving for.
CDC
Meningococcal vaccines are now available that help protect against all three serogroups of meningococcal disease that are most commonly seen in the United States (serogroups B, C and Y), but they will not prevent all cases.
Vaccines.gov
There are meningococcal vaccines that help protect against five types (serogroups) of meningococcus bacteria, including the three types most common in the United States (serogroups B, C, and Y). Meningococcal vaccines cannot prevent all cases of the disease, but they do protect many people who might become sick if they didn't get vaccinated.
Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020
This report compiles and summarizes all recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of meningococcal vaccines in the United States. As a comprehensive summary and update of previously published recommendations, it replaces all previously published reports and policy notes.
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