Word: acha
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Although the ACHA statement might seem like a clear message to get vaccinated, Lardner said the statement was far from a recommendation...
...ACHA cites two CDC studies indicating increased risk of meningitis among first-year students living in dormitories, but many people believe the new policy was caused primarily by media pressure. This fall, ABC ran a profile on college meningitis cases in its newsmagazine "20/20" that some health professionals said they credit with raising parental awareness of the disease...
...this attention and the ACHA and CDC policies have led to different reactions on various college campuses...
Lardner said the ACHA and CDC statements forced UMass to substantially change their meningitis vaccination policy. Previously, UMass rarely recommended the vaccine, despite the previous cases at the university...
Lardner said that before the most recent meningitis case on campus, which coincided with the ACHA's recommendation, virtually no one asked for the vaccine...