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meningitis b vaccine :: Article Creator Saint John Mother Wants Routine Meningitis B Vaccines After Nearly Losing Daughter Lindsay Stewart, seen in this photo during her recovery, spent 10 days in hospital last year after contracting bacterial meningitis. (Submitted by Julie Stewart) After almost losing her daughter to meningitis last year, Julie Stewart has a warning for other parents in New Brunswick — unless you booked a separate vaccine and paid about $300 for it, your child is not vaccinated against meningitis B. "She got very sick, very quickly. Please educate yourself," said Stewart. She said parents are often under the mistaken belief that their children have been immunized against it as part of the province's routine immunization schedule. Children are immunized against several other strains, but not B. Meningitis B is a strain of invasive meningococcal disease, which can be fatal for up to 10 per cent of people wh