Meningococcal Vaccines: What You Need to Know

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="145" caption="Courtesy: HealthyChildren.org"][/caption] Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial illness. It is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children 2 through 18 years old in the United States. Meningitis is an infection of the covering of the brain and the spinal cord....