“There’s not a general recommendation that every college student be vaccinated against meningitis B, but many colleges recommend it because there are cases that will occur,” Adalja says. “Meningitis can be deadly, and we’ve seen headline-grabbing outbreaks at colleges.”
Read MoreA San Diego State University student may have exposed attendees of two fraternity events to meningococcal meningitis last weekend, the university announced Wednesday as it urged potentially affected people to attend one of two post-exposure clinics.
Read MoreA “probable case” of meningococcal meningitis has been reported at San Diego State, with possible ties to Greek life events that occurred over the weekend, the university announced in a tweet.
Read MoreThe specimens of the two meningitis B cases for Rutgers undergraduates have been found to have identical genes after special testing done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a University email sent to the Rutgers community.
Read MoreTwo college students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick had to be hospitalized for meningitis this past February, and now this week the school confirmed the students had the same strain of the deadly bacteria, meningitis type B.
Read MoreAfter two students at Rutgers University were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis this month, University Health Services (UHS) sent an email on March 4 to the entire student body sharing information about the disease and possible preventive measures.
Read MoreAccording to a new study, when dealing with university-based meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) outbreaks, it is difficult to predict if or when additional cases may occur.
Read MoreTwo cases of meningococcal disease have been diagnosed at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University administrators announced.
Read MoreCollege freshmen living in residence halls, though not college students overall, have previously been identified as being at an increased risk for meningococcal disease compared with young adults of the same age who are not in college.
Read MoreThe current meningococcal conjugate vaccine that covers serogroups A, C, W, and Y is recommended for freshmen entering college who will be living in close quarters, such as dormitories.
Read MoreCollege students may be much more likely than others in their age group to develop a rare but potentially fatal type of bacterial infection that can be prevented with vaccination, a U.S. study suggests.
Read MoreCollege students face a much higher risk for the deadly bacterial infection meningitis B. Investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that students who were aged 18 to 24 were 3.5 times more likely to contract meningitis B than their peers who were not in school.
Read MoreMen. B spreads well in areas where people live in close proximity to each other, and college dorms are prime areas for the disease to spread.
Read More“There is this other strain called "type B," said state epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Cartter. “Scientists struggled to figure out how to make a vaccine that would cover that one. And finally about five years ago, two vaccines became available for this meningococcal strain called serogroup B.”
Read MoreAiming to help protect students at New Jersey’s four-year colleges and universities from meningitis outbreaks, the Assembly Health and Senior Services committee approved bipartisan legislation Monday.
Read MoreA Tallahassee Community College student found unresponsive in her apartment last month died of acute meningitis, according to the District 2 Medical Examiner’s Office.
Read MoreA bill progressing in the New Jersey State Legislature would require Rutgers students living on campus to receive meningitis B vaccinations.
Read MoreA Central Connecticut State University student was infected with meningitis on the college campus, state officials say. The Connecticut Department of Public Health confirmed meningitis in at least one student at the campus in New Britain on Monday. A state laboratory confirmed the student was infected with meningococcal meningitis B.
Read MoreCentral Connecticut State University is taking precautions after learning of a case of meningitis. On Monday, the state's Dept. of Public Health confirmed the exact strain as Meningococcal Meningitis Type B.
Read MoreAn Assembly panel Monday endorsed the idea of requiring college students to get a vaccine for meningitis B, if they're living on campus. Cases of bacterial meningitis reported at Princeton in 2013 and 2014 and Rutgers in 2016 were among the reasons cited for the proposed change.
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