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Article: School Nurses Tackle Low Parental Awareness of Meningitis Via Comprehensive National Public Education Campaign.
- Article from:
- Vaccine Weekly
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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School nurses and families affected by a potentially deadly form of meningitis today launched a national consumer education initiative, called Voices of Meningitis. The initiative strongly urges parents to vaccinate preteens and teens, who are at greater risk of getting meningococcal disease, including meningococcal meningitis-a rare, but serious bacterial infection.\r\nThe National Association of School Nurses (NASN) has joined with parents, survivors of meningococcal meningitis, and actress and mother Lori Loughlin (the new 90210, Full House) to increase awareness of this potentially devastating disease that can take the life of a child in just a single day.\r\n"Many ...
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