Medicine
Updates on Meningococcal Disease Outbreaks in College Campuses
Quick fact
Meningococcal disease outbreaks on college campuses are rare, but when they occur, they can be deadly: up to 15% of cases are fatal, and survivors often suffer lifelong disabilities. In 2013, an outbreak at Princeton University caused by serogroup B led to a mass vaccination campaign with an unlicensed-in-the-US vaccine to stop the spread.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a campus where a single student's infection triggers a public health emergency. How does a rare disease suddenly become an outbreak among healthy college students?