There are three types of meningococcal vaccines: meningococcal conjugate or MenACWY vaccines, Meningitis B (MenB) vaccines, and pentavalent meningococcal or MenABCWY vaccine. These vaccines ...

Background: Given the broad age range across which the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine MenACWY-CRM is used, coadministration with routine vaccines should be evaluated across age ...

Also active in the category is Sanofi, which sells MenACWY vaccines Menactra and MenQuadfi, lacking coverage of the B serogroup considered the most common cause of meningococcal disease in the US.

Viral and bacterial meningitis are explored in this factsheet, helping nurses to identify when emergency treatment is needed.

When the committee reevaluates its recommendations, it should give greater weight to feasibility and implementation ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub ...

The dose of MenACWY vaccine must have been received on or after the student’s 16th birthday. Doses received at younger ages do not count towards this requirement. Students may decline MenACWY vaccine ...

Since the introduction of the MenA conjugate vaccine in the African meningitis belt through mass vaccination campaigns and its inclusion in the Essential Program on Immunization (EPI), cases of ...

The concomitant administration of multiple vaccines at a single clinic visit reduces the number of required visits to healthcare providers and can improve compliance with vaccine recommendations ...