New Health News: Cold-Storage Requirement Dropped for Life-Saving Meningitis Vaccine

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Cold-Storage Requirement Dropped for Life-Saving Meningitis Vaccine

New research has shown that a vaccine against bacterial meningitis, which previously required cold storage to transport across Africa, can be shipped and administered safely for up to four days without refrigeration. Public health experts are calling this a potentially game-changing development for immunization efforts in resource-poor tropical countries.

 The fact that the meningitis A vaccine can be removed from the so-called "cold chain" and transported throughout Africa at ...

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