October 29, 1999

Colleges Urged to Offer Meningitis Vaccine to Freshmen Living in Dormitories

By LEO REISBERG

After Evan Bozof, a junior at Georgia Southwestern University, lost a 26-day battle with meningitis last year, his parents learned of a vaccine that might have prevented his death.

"I found out that for $55, we could've saved his life," says Evan's mother, Lynn Bozof, of Marietta, Ga. "I should have had that choice to make."

Now, more parents will have that choice. Last week, an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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