1.   Several members of the two committees have links with drug companies manufacturing meningitis vaccines.

2.   But the older vaccine is also mixed with a meningitis vaccine.

3.   For Alan and Lynn Bozof, a new federal recommendation released today that suggests some college students should get a meningitis vaccine is a bittersweet victory.

4.   A group of federal health officials is recommending that colleges make meningitis vaccines readily available and that they warn students of the risks of the disease.

5.   A leading Cuban research institute confirmed Sunday that it is interested in licensing a meningitis vaccine to the U.S. subsidiary of a British company.

6.   Doctors at the airport administer meningitis vaccine to the refugees before they board buses.

7.   SmithKline spokesman Richard Koenig said it will likely be several years before the meningitis B vaccine is available in the United States.

8.   The meningitis vaccine was originally developed to combat the disease in U.S. Army barracks.

9.   The premier also defended the use of animals in scientific research, saying it had helped develop a meningitis vaccine and combined drug therapy for HIV infection.