Reply To: Is the Meningitis vaccination required for boys living in Yeshiva dorms?

Health: If you received your first and only Meningitis vaccine at age 20, do you need to be vaccinated again at any other point in your life if you’re not working in healthcare?

For students not living in university housing, my local university asks to either prove that one was vaccinated within the last 5 years, or sign a waiver.

Google says that the vaccine lasts about 5 years.

My doctor said that she never heard of people getting it multiple times, unless maybe someone was working in healthcare.

My pharmacist read me the paper that she had in the back, which said something about it depending on one’s age when receiving one’s first Meningitis immunization shot.

Thank you for your Health info!