• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 20, 2023

    A consensus work between vaccination committees & medical experts established the most common  vaccine -preventable diseases. These experts have agreed on a new vaccination plan for adolescence…


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  • Get Vaccinated!

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 27, 2022

    The Brazilian Society of Immunization (SBIM) and the Society of Pediatrics (SBP) recommends the use of meningococcal conjugate ACWY vaccine especially for children two months, adolescents., adults,…


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  • Another Chance

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 13, 2021

    Pitt County Health Department, North Carolina is offering immunization appointments for middle school and high school students or risk being expelled from class. The…


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  • Vaccination Required

    Posted by Rose Kwett on July 1, 2021

    Syracuse University wrote to their International Graduate Students that New York state law requires that they submit their vaccination records including but not limited to: A meningococcal…


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  • Clinical Trials

    Posted by Rose Kwett on November 18, 2020

     An important trial for which Griffith’s Clinical Trial Unit, alongside other research sites in Canada, USA, Europe, Turkey and Australia, is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and…


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  • Expand Schedule

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 15, 2020

    A two year old boy diagnosed with meningococcal sepsis in central Queensland has died. Local health officials have said, “Close contacts of the child,…


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  • Legal Woes

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 4, 2020

    Lance and Jennifer Gravatt have endured legal woes including investigations, inquests, claims and counter-claims since their son, Zac, a medical student died in 2009.


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  • Maximum Protection

    Posted by Rose Kwett on October 4, 2019

    Vaccines provide a longer protection from meningococcal disease. Several vaccine programs are being offered so please take advantage of them. Meningococcal ACWY Program – The meningococcal…


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  • Know the Facts

    Posted by Rose Kwett on June 8, 2019

    Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine became available in the United States in 2005 which offers protection against ACWY strains of meningococcal meningitis or septicemia. In 2014-15, meningococcal serogroup…


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  • Second Case

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 27, 2019

    A second student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick was hospitalized & diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The first student had serogroup B meningococcal disease (MenB)…


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