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Meningococcal Disease – Help Prevent It
Meningococcal disease, a type of bacterial meningococcal, is a serious infection that can be prevented with a vaccine...
(Published: April 18, 2011 on the CDC's home page)

Invasive Meningococcal Men Y Disease
Listen To This Podcast (7:21 minutes)

Dr. Leonard Mayer, a public health microbiologist at CDC, discusses invasive meningococcal disease.
Date Released: 4/23/2012

Meningococcal Immunization for Adolescents
Listen To This Podcast (5:04 minutes)

This podcast provides information about adolescent recommendations for meningococcal disease/meningococcal
Date Released: 8/7/2008

Pre-Teen Immunizations PSA
Listen To This Podcast (0:29 minutes)

This podcast is a public service announcement (PSA) about immunizations needed by pre-teens.
Date Released: 10/22/2009

Pre-teens need vaccines too

• Pre-teen Vaccines

Preteen Vaccine Campaign

• Flyers, Fact Sheets, and Posters
• Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

CDC Commentary: Clarifying Meningococcal Booster Dose Recommendations
Release Date: 1/16/2012
CDC Expert Commentary in Partnership with Medscape (available to registered users of Medscape's Professional sites; registration is free [http://www.medscape.com]).

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CDC Commentary: Meningococcal Disease: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management
Release Date: 3/22/2010
CDC Expert Commentary in Partnership with Medscape (available to registered users of Medscape's Professional sites; registration is free [www.medscape.com])

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Have You Heard About How To Prevent Meningococcal Disease?
Release Date: 8/11/2009
This video, featuring a meningococcal expert who is also a concerned mom, helps you learn more about meningococcal disease and how to prevent it.

View this video on CDC-TV or on YouTube (4:42 min)

Fight of her life (5:25 min)
Release Date: 3/22/2010
Watch a video from MSNBC about a college student who contracted bacterial meningococcal and survived.

CDC Responds to Meningitis in Burkina Faso
Release Date: 5/2/2011
Epidemics of bacterial meningitis in Africa can affect hundreds of thousands of people and kill many thousands. A CDC doctor describes how CDC has contributed to development of an inexpensive vaccine and is now working with partners to ensure it is used where needed most and evaluated for effectiveness.

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Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)

• Meningococcal: Questions and Answers (104 KB, 3 pages)

Preteen Vaccine Campaign

• Posters and Flyers

National meningococcal Association's Pre-Teen Vaccine Campaign

• Posters and other tools

BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids 9-13 years old. BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.

Visit The Immune Platoon on the BAM! Website to learn more about pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Meet Meningitis Mutants (378 KB, 2 pages), a disease villain that can be viral or bacterial and attacks the spinal cord and brain.