What? If you need a booster for meningitis conjugate vaccine then you should get it. If you want to protect yourself from men B then get the vaccine for it, they are not the same.
I think the prescribing information mentions something about getting other shots and what can be done and not done, but even if they are not given on the same day, then find out when you can get them on separate occasiond. I would call the manufacturer to make sure.
The Meningitis B vaccines are an important advancement - and supplement the Menactra vaccine. Meningitis B is the more serious/fatal form that crops up on college campuses - fyi, informative story on U of Oregon outbreak here: http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/02/university_of_oregon_meningiti.html. I was relieved that the FDA finally approved these vaccines - Trumenba and Bexsero - but our doctors here in northern California and our son’s college health center said they had to wait for the CDC to formally recommend this vaccine on their immunization schedule before it would be stocked/available and insurance would pay for it. Fortunately, the CDC Advisory Committee issued the recommendation in June that high school & college students get this vaccine (permissive vs. routine use but still good): http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/health-care-daily/2015/06/cdc-advisory-committee-recommends-meningitis-b.html, http://www.nmaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/NMA_June-ACIP-Meeting_Press-Release.pdf – so there is a chance it will soon become available! You can ask your college student heath center.
yes about booster! Sorry , did not mean to mislead… But about giving both shots is not recommended is what my doctor said. I even asked what if we give it later but that’s the answer I got… Hmm!
@TJGCHG , thank you for the info. I certainly will check out college health center.
They are different vaccines, the B serotype needed a different way to attack it from what I understand. So they could not just add this new vaccine to the existing one. So if you want protection from B serotype in addition to A, W, C, Y (conjugate vaccine), then you need both vaccines.
Thank you, @mommdc
@cd2015, the best you can do is to do your own research and decide if it’s the right thing for your family.
My mother-in-law, who lives near U of Oregon, sent me this article.
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3282289-151/going-to-extremes-to-get-vaccinated#
DD will be vaccinated at our local travel clinic (handles vaccinations for oversees travel that aren’t necessary in the U.S.) They just received a supply two weeks ago.
Gordman’s If you have one has nice rugs for dorm rooms. Not to livingroomish. I looked up the dimensions of my daughters room, did a little math like subtracting the beds and furniture along the wall and came up with a 5x7 rug to cover center of room. A good tip is if you by a BIG rug be sure to bring the rug in first and lay it down before you have all the other stuff in the room in the way.
I was on another site where parents of kids have bought the Purex 3 in 1 sheets and said they didn’t work very goo for the money. I bought my d a small (20 loads) bottle of detergent that isn’t so big to store and haul and she can refill it with detergent when she comes home.
In regard to the wrinkle release; My daughter has been doing her own laundry at home and I know it isn’t her top priority. so when one of her favorites have been in the laundry for a long time I showed her how to take a wrinkled shirt and make it wearable w/o having to wash it with either wrinkle release or refreash. I am sure if she doesn’t do her laundry at home when it is so easy she won’t be doing it every few days at college.
When packing bedding for the dorm I am going to pack the bedding in a garbage bag in reverse . For example, I am going to put the quilt in the bottom of the bag, then top sheet, the bottom sheet, the topper etc. so each part of bedding comes out of bag in order of how I am making bed. (or daughter makes bed). Also, try to make bed first or almost first before boxes and stuff get set on unmade bed.
I am getting a plastic storage bin and after I wash her sheet sets and blankets and mattress pad I will put it all in there to transport to college and then she can put the bin under her bed for extra storage.
So much good advice here; sorry if this has been already addressed but we live in LA and my son will be attending DePaul theater school in Chicago. First question: do you experts recommend the bedding value pak offered by the school or shopping online at BB & B and having it waiting for us in Chicago? School package seems a good deal but the comforter is poly-fil and we think he will need down filled for the cold.
We don’t want to fly with a lot because $$- it will be cheaper to ship to him later or purchase in Chicago and plus, buying winter stuff in LA makes 0 sense. We are very lucky we have many dear friends in Chicago to put us up, though I do need to rent a car. Any other advise for flying to not only a different city but a polar opposite climate? (see what i did there?)
They do hear dorms, it might not be cold, it might be too hot 
I don’t think I would buy a down-filled comforter. A poly fill one would be easier to machine wash and dry. You could get a fleece blanket if extra warmth is needed, but the temp should be about same temperature in the dorm year round.
@dennehy - I remember reading “Absalom, Absalom” in college and thinking to myself that having visited Harvard dorms, they must have seriously changed the heating practices. 
Which means: polyfill should be fine! If needed, as suggested, get an additional throw blanket.
One that is taller more than wider on the bottom, as it will take up less room. Also, one that is mesh like so if wet or sweaty clothes are in it there is air flow as not to start to smell. Another is it should hold two loads of clothes depending on how often you son/daughter will do laundry. I bought a mesh pop up that holds two loads in addition I got a laundry bag to transfer a smaller amount of laundry. I think the cute, colorful canvas ones may be harder to haul to laundry room.
It won’t be a polar opposite climate when you’re there in August, so no need to lug a bunch of winter clothes for orientation. In fact, it’s best not to ship his LA “cold” clothes at all, at least until he sees what the natives wear. It’s unlikely he has much that’ll be useful in a Chicago winter.
My D made a similar move to college, from Sacramento to Indiana. Originally she took only one jacket that she used a few times in Tahoe. Other than that, she bought locally and online as the cold weather set in.
My son is going from California to New Hampshire to college. I am getting him a warm fleece jacket and waterproof hiking boots that hopefully can take him most of the way through the Fall, giving him/us time to shop online for heavier clothes and snow boots as needed. All I can say is, thank goodness for the pervasiveness of online shopping and the free student subscription to Amazon Prime!
@dennehy, I am sending my SoCal girl to Wisconsin and am getting a synthetic fill comforter for her. I went to school in the Midwest in the dark ages and distinctly remember that the dorm rooms were way too hot to sleep even with a synthetic comforter. Windows are often left open a crack in the winter.