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Dear Doctor: Why aren’t meningococcal vaccines routinely recommended for people 23 and older?
Dear Doctor: Why aren’t meningococcal vaccines routinely recommended for people 23 and older?
Dear Doctor: Why aren’t meningococcal vaccines routinely recommended for people 23 and older?

Published on: 01/13/2026

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Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, public health and sports medicine.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Why aren’t meningococcal vaccines recommended for people over the age of 23? Are they assuming (wrongly) that most people have already received them or that most won’t (again, probably wrongly) be exposed?

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2026/01/dear-doctor-why-arent-meningococcal-vaccines-routinely-recommended-for-people-23-and-older.html

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