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Las Cruces Sun News: Meningitis survivor tells need for vaccine

A simple vaccination could have saved Dallas native Jamie Schanbaum all the pain and suffering of meningitis. That is the...
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National Meningitis Association’s 10 Year Anniversary

The National Meningitis Association celebrates its 10 year anniversary. Much has been accomplished this past decade, but there is still...
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KPRC (NBC) Houston: Meningitis survivor raises awareness

Watch this clip of Jamie helping to raise awareness about meningitis on NBC Houston.
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KVUE Austin: Meningitis survivor, amputee to compete in Paralympics

Riding a bike is something we all learn to do when we're kids, and Jamie Schanbaum was no different. In...
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Jamie’s PSA

Save your life; get vaccinated for meningitis.
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CBS Early Show: Meningitis vaccine important for back-to-school

Dr. Jennifer Ashton profiles the survival story of one lucky college student who lost her legs and fingers to meningitis,...
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Texas Jewish Post: Jamie Schanbaum is on the move

If at first you succeed to some extent, keep pushing the envelope. Not a quote that can be attributed directly,...
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Video podcast – Saving a Life

Hear from the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO) President Bruce Langoulant, medical experts, survivors and parents from around the world...
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If your audience needs to hear this, let's talk

Conferences, campuses, committees, podcasts. If your audience needs to hear this, Jamie can reach them. She survived something most people can barely imagine, and she talks about it with a directness and a sense of humor that cut straight through the usual gravity of public health messaging. Audiences trust her because she has earned the right to say what she says.

She is just as comfortable delivering legislative testimony as she is headlining a university keynote or joining a panel on life after limb loss. Whatever the format, people walk away informed, disarmed, and far more likely to actually do something about it.