This disease is spiking in an Ontario city. But there's a vaccine — if you can afford it

Can you put a price on protecting your children from a potentially deadly meningitis-causing bacteria? It's about $320, unless you happen to have private insurance that covers a vaccine recommended by public health officials in Kingston, Ont. — one of a handful of regions in Canada seeing a spike in local cases of invasive meningococcal disease.

This disease is spiking in an Ontario city.  But there's a vaccine — if you can afford it
A woman in a mask prepares a syringe

Can you put a price on protecting your children from a potentially deadly meningitis-causing bacteria? It's about $320, unless you happen to have private insurance that covers a vaccine recommended by public health officials in Kingston, Ont. — one of a handful of regions in Canada seeing a spike in local cases of invasive meningococcal disease.