The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new recommendations that all 11- and 12-year-old children should be immunized against meningococcal bacteria, which can cause often fatal infections. The agency urged wider use of Sanofi Pasteur's Menactra, which has been recommended for adolescents and freshmen in college. In particular, the CDC wants all college freshmen living in dorms inoculated. Meningococcal disease afflicts about 3,000 people a year and kills about one-in-10.
- read this story from The New York Times for more on the recommendation