CDC Issues New Recommendations to Immunize Adolescents and Young Adults Against Meningococcal Disease

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that children 11-12 and teens entering high school, as well as college freshman living in dormitories receive a newly licensed meningococcal vaccine.

» CDC information on meningicoccal vaccine
NFID Press Release (May 26, 2005)
NFID Press Release (February 10, 2005)
NFID Media Alert Clarification of Recommendations (February 11, 2005)
» Archive of Meningococcal Disease Media Telebriefing