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The Meningitis B Action Project, and Patti and Alicia’s story have been featured prominently in national and local media. By participating in media interviews, we hope to increase awareness among the general public of Meningitis B and the vaccine available to help prevent it.
News Highlights
Meningitis B is rare but deadly. Parents who lost children to the disease wonder why no one mentioned a vaccine.
Washington Post | September 16, 2019
Meningitis Stories and Advocacy with Patti and Alicia
Newsday | October 16, 2023
Meningococcal Disease in Preteens, Teens & Young Adults
Healthychildren.org | August 1, 2023
Meningitis Stories and Advocacy with Patti and Alicia
Ambiguously Blind Podcast | March 28, 2023
Are you protecting your adolescents and young adults from contracting meningitis B?
Contemporary Pediatrics® | March 21, 2023
What is your meningitis vaccine IQ?
Contemporary Pediatrics® | March 21, 2023
Have you spoken to your teen’s healthcare provider about Meningitis B vaccination?
The Mama Maven | December 14, 2021
Grieving mom's plea: Get vaccinated
Newsday | July 12, 2021
Two mothers. One mission — Saving kids from meningococcal disease
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Parents PACK Newsletter | March 2021
A Campaign to Get Needles in College Students Arms
The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 24, 2021
Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines, or Just Urge Them
The Chronicle of Higher Education | January 4, 2021
There is Not Only One Meningitis Vaccine – Two Mothers’ Stories
Adult Vaccine Access Coalition | November 6, 2020
Patti Wukovits Shares Kim’s Story
FOX 19 WXIX | August 2020
A Class in COVID: A mother’s heartbreaking story urging parents to vaccinate teens against meningitis B
News 8 WTNH | August 14, 2020
Making Sure Students are vaccinated when they return to school
WNBC-NBC | August 2, 2020
Mom on a mission to educate parents about a life-saving vaccine
Scripps National | July 22, 2020
Meningitis B: Real Stories, Kimberly and Emily
Glamour Magazine | July 20, 2020
LOVE, LOSS, & REVIVAL: UNLESS YOU’VE LIVED IT, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOSE A CHILD.
The Vaccine Mom | Taryn Chapman | March 10, 2020
Podcast: The Kimberly Coffey Foundation
Your Family's Health | 90.3 WHPC | March 2020
Life before vaccines: Meningitis B
Coverage- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts | February 21, 2020
MENINGITIS B PREVENTION: LEGISLATION FOR N.J. STUDENTS LIVING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
NJ.com | February 20, 2020
National Immunization Awareness Month Highlights The Importance Of Vaccinations
Long Island Weekly | August 17, 2019
Only Received 1 Meningitis Vaccine? Here’s Why You Need a Second
Healthline | July 31, 2019
There is Not Only One Meningitis Vaccine – A Mother’s Story
The Journal of The Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State | Summer 2019
Two MenB Vaccines Have Been Approved in the US. So Why Are Young People Still Dying From It?
Health.com | June 12, 2019
Grieving mom calls on all colleges to require Meningitis B vaccinations
ABC Detroit | September 4, 2018
Mich. mom pushes universities to require meningitis B vaccine
Detroit News | August 25, 2018
These teen girls died of meningitis despite getting vaccinated. Now their mothers…
Daily Mail | Maggie O’Neill | August 23, 2017
First-Ever National Day Of Action Against Meningitis B Rallies Volunteers In All 50 States To…
PRNewswire | April 24, 2019
Michigan mom pushes for meningitis vaccination requirement
Associated Press | September 1, 2018
Getting vaccinated before college
Verizon FIOS Long Island | August 12, 2018
Stop a disease that can kill quickly
Newsday | March 11, 2019
Turning grief into action
Brown Medical School Magazine | August 2018
Hundreds get vaccinated as meningitis scare roils UMass
Amherst Bulletin | David McLellan | Nov. 24, 2017
After Daughters’ Deaths, Moms Urge Parents to Consider Men B Vaccine
NBC News | August 8, 2017
Doctors Should Be Talking To Teens And Parents About MenB Vaccination
Forbes | April 6, 2017