By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. Provided by: Johns Hopkins University

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Meningitis Vaccine Recommended for Children 11-18 By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Posted Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 10:18 pm PDT

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  • 1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Aug 01, 2007, 6:16 pm PDT

    Absolutely recommend it...

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  • 2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Aug 01, 2007, 10:23 pm PDT

    I have been a mother for twenty years and I am concerned that all of these vaccines will make our kids less healthy and affect their ability to fight off childhood diseases when they are adults and exposed to measeles chickenpox etc when they travel to less developed parts of the world where these childhood diseases are still present.

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  • 3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 9:35 pm PDT

    No, they keep our children from dying of diseases that 3rd world countries die from. That is the point for the innoculations.

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  • 4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 06, 2007, 12:34 pm PDT

    Why do they wanna keep making everyone get more and more shots!!!! I HATE SHOTS!

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  • 5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 06, 2007, 5:16 pm PDT

    As Menactra joins the list of vaccines added recently to federal recommendations, the cost of vaccinations for each child has risen from $155 in 1995 to $900 for boys and to $1,200 for girls.That is so Crazy i mean what if one not able to Afford that what are they to do then what is that recommanation out there for those people??

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