People traveling to New York City for Gay Pride events over the June 28-30 weekend are being told to seek advice about vaccination for invasive meningococcal disease, in a report released Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Ahead of the 2013 Gay Pride weekend, June 28-30, people traveling to NYC were advised to talk to their doctors about meningitis vaccination.
Doctors from Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are raising the alarm in the article due to a deadly bacterial meningitis outbreak affecting men who have sex with other men.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/meningitis-warning-given-ahead-nycs-gay-pride-weekend-6C10353410