This disease is spiking in an Ontario city. But there's a vaccine — if you can afford it | CBC News LoadedCan you put a price on protecting your children from a potentially deadly meningitis-causing bacteria? It's about $320, unless you happen to have private insurance that covers a vaccine recommended by public health officials in Kingston, Ont. — one of a handful of regions in Canada seeing a spike in local cases of invasive meningococcal disease.
vaccine for people under age 25. It's not a routine vaccine like meningococcal C, typically given to babies at age one, or meningococcal ACYW-135, administered in Grade 7 in Ontario, said the health unit.Routine vaccines for kids slipped during the pandemic. Now provinces are working to catch up Crystal Harris, of Kingston, Ont., with her husband, Luke Harris. Crystal, 45, says she's grateful her insurance will cover the cost of vaccinating her two teenagers against invasive meningococcal disease.
in invasive meningococcal disease type B activity in the region — three cases in recent months, including one pediatric case, according to Oglaza.called for vigilance after confirming two cases of invasive meningococcal infection in the region, one of which resulted in a death. The specific type of case isn't yet known.that the province had seen 11 cases and one death between Dec. 21 and Feb. 29. The serogroup of one of those cases was identified as type B.