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We've known for a while that the Bexsero brand #meningitis B vaccine provides limited (30-40%) protection against #gonorrhea, too. Now the UK has approved the #vaccine to be used against the #STI, offering it to men who have sex with men.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cded26z16leo

If you're in the US and considering a meningitis vaccine for yourself or your teenage child, note that Bexsero helps prevent gonorrhea but Trumenba, the other brand available, does not.

#menB
#STD

A lot of people I know don’t seem to have heard this, but the #MenB vaccine shows ~40% efficacy against #gonorrhoea and is well worth a shot (ba-dum-tish) if you are gay/bi/msm man on #PrEP ± #doxyPEP. JCVI recommended it back in 2023 but Tories and now Shit-wipe Streeting of the Red Fascists have sat on their hands as with doxyPEP. In UK, Boots offer MenB for ~£100

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningococcal-b-vaccination-for-the-prevention-of-gonorrhoea-jcvi-advice-10-november/jcvi-advice-on-the-use-of-meningococcal-b-vaccination-for-the-prevention-of-gonorrhoea

https://www.queerhealth.info/projects/menb

The Standing Committee on #Vaccination (#STIKO) at the @RKI has published its updated #immunization schedule. Key changes include 1) the switch from the 23-valent polysaccharide to the 20-valent conjugate vaccine for prevention of pneumococcal infections in the elderly and 2) the universal recommendation for the vaccination of infants against serogroup B meningococci (#menB).

Calendar: 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸🇵🇱🇹🇷 (& 14 other languages) https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/infections/immunisation/immunisation_schedule.html

Complete recommendations: 🇩🇪 https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2024/Ausgaben/04_24.pdf