Bacterial meningitis is a nasty thing to catch. The disease may hit only about 1,500 Americans per year, but those who fall victim may suffer brain damage, learning disabilities, limb loss or death.
The good news is that many strains of meningitis are preventable with bacterial vaccines that fight the various types of bugs that cause the disease. There are currently three such vaccines available in the United States: the Hib, for children younger than five; the MCV4, for people between two and 55 years of age; and the MPSV4, for those older than 55. All of these vaccines can inoculate us against most strains of the most common meningitis-causing bacteria circulating in the U.S.
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