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Teen's death sparks fight for new meningitis vaccine guidelines
Teen's death sparks fight for new meningitis vaccine guidelines
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. - When Emily Stillman called home in 2013 and told her parents she had a horrible headache, her family had no idea their child would be dead 24 hours later.Stillman, who was 19, was a student at Kalamazoo College when she fell sick with meningitis.What outraged her already grieving family was that it was all preventable.
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New York to require meningitis vaccine for 7th, 12th graders
New York to require meningitis vaccine for 7th, 12th graders
New York to require meningitis vaccine for 7th, 12th gradersALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As of Thursday all students entering the 7th or 12th grades in New York state will be required to be vaccinated against meningitis.Twenty seven states already require the vaccine as part of standard immunizations.Meningitis refers to acute and often life-threatening inflammation of the membranes covering the brain.
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2016-17 school rules add meningitis vaccine
2016-17 school rules add meningitis vaccine
2016-17 school rules add meningitis vaccine Seventh-and 12th-graders must be inoculated against meningococcal diseasePhoto: Cindy Schultz Image 1 of / 2 Caption Close Image 1 of 2 Buy photo Marielle Tozier, 13, of Clifton Park receives a vaccination from LPN Seneca Warner on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at CapitalCare Pediatrics in Clifton Park, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union) Marielle Tozier, 13, of Clifton Park receives a vaccination from LPN Seneca Warner on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at CapitalCare Pediatrics in Clifton Park, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union) Photo: Cindy Schultz Buy this photo Image 2 of 2 Buy photo CapitalCare Pediatrics on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Clifton Park, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union) CapitalCare Pediatrics on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Clifton Park, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union) Photo: Cindy Schultz Buy this photo 2016-17 school rules add meningitis vaccine 1 / 2 Back to GalleryAs you check off the classroom supplies and clothing your children need for school, remember to review their vaccination schedules, too.The biggest change in state requirements this year affects incoming seventh- and 12th-graders, who must for the first time be inoculated against meningococcal disease.Other vaccine requirements largely remain the same, though the state is phasing in rules dictating when children receive multiple inoculations against polio, to synchronize New York's schedule with the recommendations of a federal advisory board.
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