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Actress and singer Tiffany Thornton, star of the Disney Channel's So Random, nearly lost Vibram Five Fingers Treksport life to meningococcal disease as a teen, and is sharing her personal battle with the disease through the Voices of Meningitis initiative urging parents to vaccinate their preteen and teenage children. As the new spokesperson, the group noted Thornton joins school nurses, parents, Men's Vibram Five Fingers KSO Black With White Grey survivors of the disease and health experts nationwide as part of Voices of Meningitis a national awareness initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, that aims to increase awareness of this potentially deadly disease and urge parents Men's Vibram Five Fingers KSO blue black seek vaccination for preteens and teens. "One day I was fine, the next day I was in the hospital fighting for my life it happened so fast," said Thornton. "If my parents and I had known that teens are at greater risk for meningitis, I would've been vaccinated. Now I'm adding my 'voice' to this campaign to urge parents to talk to their child's school nurse Men's Vibram Five Fingers KSO Brown health-care provider about vaccination, to help them avoid what my parents and I went through." Preteens and teens are at greater risk for meningococcal disease a rare, but serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of an otherwise healthy child in just a single day. According to the group, vaccination is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for preteens and teens, yet nearly half of U.S. adolescents 11 to 17 years of age have not been immunized, leaving many unprotected against the disease. School nurses across the country are leading the charge to educate parents about the need for vaccination.