The announcement was made as Florida played host to a variety of Pride events. Romero, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
“Getting vaccinated against meningococcal disease is the best way to prevent this serious illness, which can quickly become deadly,” said Dr. Meningitis 'can become deadly quickly,' a health official saidĪlthough anyone can get meningitis, at least 24 cases and seven deaths among gay and bisexual men in the state in what the CDC is calling “one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S.
Symptoms include a sudden high fever, headache, stiff neck and nausea/vomiting.The state is experiencing an outbreak among those individuals, officials said.Gay and bisexual men and individuals with HIV in Florida should get meningococcal vaccine, CDC says.
