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<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">Students and their parents
should contact their Health Care Provider to discuss Meningococcal
Disease, the benefits of vaccination, and the availability of this
vaccine through their insurance coverage. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">The Needham Health
Department will offer Meningococcal Vaccine for High School Seniors
entering college in the Fall. The cost for the vaccine is $90.00. A
check, made out to the Town of Needham, must be sent to the Needham
Health Department, so that we may place the order with the manufacturer.</font></span><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">The senior year is winding down. College
decisions are being made. Graduation parties are being planned. As the
excitement builds, the Needham Health Department wants to encourage
Needham�s seniors to remember to take one more thing with them this fall �
immunity to meningococcal meningitis. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Students graduating from Needham High School
will be receiving information about meningococcal meningitis vaccination
soon. The Needham Health Department will offer Meningococcal Vaccine for
Needham High School seniors entering college in the fall. The cost of the
vaccine is $90.00. A check made out to the Town of Needham, must be
received by the Needham Health Department by June 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2005,so
we can place an order with the manufacturer. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Effective August 2005, new legislation
requires meningococcal vaccine for students at secondary and post
secondary schools which provide or license housing.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Every year, approximately 2600 people get
meningococcal disease in the United States, and roughly 10-15% of these
people die, in spite of treatment with antibiotics. Of those who live,
another 10% lose their arms or legs, become deaf, have problems with their
nervous systems, become mentally retarded, or suffer seizures or strokes.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Meningococcal meningitis is a rare, but
potentially fatal bacterial infection that can cause severe swelling of
the fluid around the brain and spinal cord, or serous blood infection
known as meningococcemia. Meningococcal meningitis is a form of bacterial
meningitis caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. This bacterium
is spread through coughing, sneezing, kissing, or shared items such as
drinking glasses, utensils, or cigarettes. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Signs and symptoms of meningitis, which may
resemble the flu, progress rapidly. They include a sudden onset of a high
fever, a stiff neck, headache, nausea, vomiting, and/or mental confusion.
Changes in behavior such as confusion, sleepiness, and being hard to wake
up are important symptoms of this illness. A rash may be present, often
involving the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. Anyone,
having these symptoms, needs to contact their doctor immediately. In
addition, anyone observing these symptoms in a fellow student, must
contact a health care professional right away. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Cases of meningococcal meningitis among
adolescents and young adults, ages 15 to 24, have increased in the last 10
years. As many as 80% of all cases of meningococcal meningitis in college
students are vaccine preventable. The vaccine is safe and effective, and
can protect individuals against four of the five most common serogroups of
Neisseria meningitides, the bacteria that causes meningococcal meningitis
� A, C, Y, and W-135. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">College freshmen, especially those living in
dormitories, are shown, by CDC studies, to be at increased risk for
developing meningoccoccal meningitis compared to other persons in the same
age group. Certain social behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and being
in crowded situations like a dormitory, may put college students at this
greater risk. Massachusettes colleges are now requiring entering students
be vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis. Both the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease
control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
recommend that college students, especially those living in dormitories,
be educated about meningitis and the benefits of vaccination. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Although it is still early Spring,
graduation will be here before you know it. Take this opportunity to have
your college-bound student immunized against meningococcal meningitis.
For more information, or any questions concerning this or any health
related issue, please call the Needham Health Department. </font></p>
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