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If you have a child over the age of 16, there is a new vaccine in town. Although it is not really a new vaccine, it is new to the US. It is referred to as Men B. This is a separate meningitis vaccine from the other meningococcal conjugate recommended by us for many years now. Both meningococcal vaccines will prevent the patient from getting several different strains of meningitis. The Men B strain recently raised its ugly head with outbreaks in UC Santa Clara and UC Santa B