whether to give meningococcal vaccine to college students
September 1999
An important new debate is flaring up among experts about whether to give meningococcal vaccine to college students.
The incidence of meningococcal meningitis has doubled in the last several years in teens and young adults.
Up to 175 cases on college campuses a year...15 to 20 deaths. And the kids go downhill FAST...one day they think they have the flu or a migraine...and the next day they're near death.
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