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...number of people between the age of 15 and 24 who have contracted bacterial meningitis has doubled in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Only 3,000 Americans come down with meningitis every year; but students living on college campuses are three times more likely than others to catch...
Fortunately, there is a vaccine for the disease. Last October, in the wake of reports about several meningitis cases, the American College Health Association (ACHA) issued a statement urging college students to "consider" getting vaccinated...
...Lardner, public health nurse at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where a student survived a case of meningitis last fall, said first-year students' unfamiliarity with crowded dormitory living and their tendency to partake in "high risk behavior," such a drinking and smoking, makes them most likely to contract the disease...
...Last fall, UHS distributed a brochure on meningitis to all dorms and Houses. The brochure includes information on the effectiveness of the vaccine and on what students should consider when deciding whether to be vaccinated...
...UMass, where four students have contracted meningitis over the last few years--two of them fatally--student interest in vaccination seems to be lukewarm...