New York Students Will Now Need Meningitis Shots

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Wednesday that requires students entering the sixth and 11th grades to be vaccinated against meningitis.

Andrew Cuomo signed legislation requiring students be vaccinated against meningitis
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Jill Chafetz

10/28/2015 1:00 p.m.

The state assembly and senate approved the legislation in June, based on advice from the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) and several medical groups. Assembly member Aileen Gunther (D-Sullivan County), who sponsored the bill, noted that the measure is both good policy and good medicine, reported the New York Daily News.

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