Meningitis

Meningitis Angels Solicit Public Support for Infant Meningitis Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 17th, 2011

2011 AUG 17 -- In recognition of August as National Immunization Awareness Month, the patient advocacy group, Meningitis Angels, is launching an online petition to provide people across the country the opportunity to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add life-saving infant meningitis vaccines to the routine infant immunization schedule.

Last month, the CDC concluded a four-city public meeting tour to gather input on whether or not it should add FDA-approved meningitis vaccines to the existing recommended immunization schedule. While nearly 70 percent (69.75%) of all the regional hearing participants voted in favor of adding...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-08-17)

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