<p>Yes, sadly Texas does seem to run behind the times quite a few things, but at least a fair number of the doctors are quite so short-sighted. When daughter entered college in fall 07, I took her for her physical that spring, asked her doctor if she was set for school and he said although it wasn’t required he highly recommended a meningitis vaccination. So she got hers, but of course since it wasn’t required it wasn’t covered by insurance, but whatever. Since it wasn’t required at the time, the vaccination clinics that are provided in most areas of Texas for back to school for free or very little cost didn’t provide it either. Good news, since it is now a required vaccine college kids should be able to get it for little cost.</p>