As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club we want no one else to ever join. We started individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost a young, ...
A popular and sporty teenager who made a "big impression" at her new university died within weeks of starting, after contracting meningitis. Meg Draper was 18 and had joined swimming and netball teams ...
DETROIT, Mich– In 2013, Emily Stillman was a 19-year-old Sophmore at Kalamazoo College when she contracted Meningitis B, and passed away just hours later. Now Emily’s mother, Alicia Stillman, is ...
GSK has released a film as part of a meningitis B awareness campaign. The initiative from the pharmaceutical company, which manufactures a vaccine for the rare and serious disease, encourages parents ...
It’s that time of year again: back to school. Along with helping your teen get back in the swing of things for school, there’s also the added pressure of making sure they are preparing for college. It ...
As mothers who have both lost a child, we often say we’re in a club that we want no one else to ever join. We started our individual foundations and the Meningitis B Action Project after we each lost ...
The Food and Drug Administration approved Trumenba, a vaccine against meningitis type B, for active immunization in 10- to 25-year-olds on Tuesday, according to a press release by Pfizer, the ...
Every parent’s goal is to keep their child safe. As your kids grow older, though, it gets harder to do so when it comes to their health. For one thing, as teens head to college, they are more exposed ...
John B. Grimes lost his vision as a Texas Tech student. Shared clinical decision-making for vaccines sounds reasonable, but it doesn't work. | Opinion ...
The CDC is no longer recommending that all adolescents and teens get vaccinated for potentially fatal bacterial meningitis, although the shots are still available for high-risk patients.
When it came to her sons’ medical care, Aracelly Bibl did everything right. She prioritized the health of her three boys, knew their pediatrician's phone number by heart, and made sure they were up to ...