The CDC Recommends Wider Use of New Meningitis Vaccine for Adolescents and College Freshmen
A new meningitis vaccine known as Menactra The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that wider use be made of a new meningitis vaccine known as Menactra and manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. The following categories of young people are the ones the CDC is most interested in seeing vaccinated: all 11- and … [Read more...] about The CDC Recommends Wider Use of New Meningitis Vaccine for Adolescents and College Freshmen
Meningitis Vaccine Side Effects Lawsuits
Meningitis Vaccine Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating five reports of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in teenagers who have the new meningitis vaccine. The vaccine's name is Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine A, C, Y, and … [Read more...] about Meningitis Vaccine Side Effects Lawsuits
Hib Boosters Meningitis Vaccine Recall
Meningitis Vaccine Are Being Recalled. Hib vaccination guidelines where changed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday, and the agency is now recommending that children no longer be given a Hib booster. The CDC’s move was an attempt to head off a much-feared shortage of the meningitis vaccine following the … [Read more...] about Hib Boosters Meningitis Vaccine Recall
Meningitis Vaccine Link to Neurological Disorder
Officials Are Investigating Meningitis Vaccine. Public health officials are investigating whether a new vaccine designed to help prevent meningitis, particularly among college students in dorms, could be linked to a rare neurological condition. The vaccine, called Menactra, helps protect against certain strains of … [Read more...] about Meningitis Vaccine Link to Neurological Disorder
Reported Meningitis Vaccine Side Effects
New Meningitis Vaccine Brought Tears. News earlier this year that federal health officials were recommending use of a new vaccine against four deadly strains of bacterial meningitis for adolescents brought tears to Jim Garcia's eyes. "I was sitting in my favorite restaurant in Rocklin having breakfast," said the Loomis man, whose … [Read more...] about Reported Meningitis Vaccine Side Effects
