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The Push to End Meningitis Cases and Outbreaks
In honor of National Immunization Awareness Month, NMA President Lynn Bozof recently wrote a guest blog post for the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University (MHA@GW)....
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#VaccinesSaveBro Photo Contest Winner on Why She Vaccinates Her Son
Throughout August and September, clothing designer Wire and Honey donated a percentage of proceeds from “Vaccines Save, Bro” T-Shirt sales to the National Meningitis Association! During this time, NMA...
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70 Percent of Teens Need the Meningitis Booster
This week, several public health and medical organizations published a call-to-action urging doctors to recommend and administer the meningococcal A, C, W and Y booster dose recommended at age 16. The...
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Q&A: Meningitis Vaccines for A, C, W, Y & B
We wrote about the new serogroup B vaccine recommendation when CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on it in June. On October 23, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Protect Your Family from the Flu
This National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 6-12), we want to remind all parents to make sure their family members – everyone 6 months and up – get their flu vaccine. As an organization...
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Make the right thing to do, the easy thing to do
The following is adapted from NMA President Lynn Bozof’s testimony at the February 2016 ACIP meeting. I didn’t originally plan to speak at this week’s meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Council on...
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Give Kids A Shot!
Highlights from our annual gala to help #PreventMeningitis On May 9, 2016 we gathered NMA families, supporters and immunization advocates in New York City for NMA’s eight annual “Give Kids A Shot!”...
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I Lost My Legs to Meningitis, But You Don’t Have To
Since March 2016, there has been an ongoing meningococcal disease outbreak in Southern California among men-who-have-sex-with-men or MSM. There have already been 24 cases and two deaths associated with...
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Voting For Vaccine Success
Earlier this year, NMA hosted its first ever panel discussion, “Achieving Childhood Vaccination Success in the US” featuring experts in health, science, law, and ethics addressing a range of topics...
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This March Madness – Take Both Shots
Each year many Americans start their spring by turning their attention to the March Madness basketball tournament. Unfortunately, for many of National Meningitis Association’s (NMA) Moms on Meningitis...
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