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Cal Poly student gets infection that leads to meningitis

Written on 23 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials announced a Cal Poly student has been diagnosed with a presumed case of meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection that causes bloodstream infections and meningitis. Symptoms of the meningococcal disease can include high fever,... (Continue reading)

Meningitis outbreak at Cal Poly

Written on 7 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Five students at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo have been diagnosed with viral meningitis since late October, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Four of those students have had to be hospitalized. [KCOY] Other cases... (Continue reading)

Parents of UC Santa Barbara students want meningitis vaccine

Written on 23 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

After four University of California, Santa Barbara students contracted meningitis B, parents are questioning why their children are not able to get the vaccine which was made available to students at Princeton. [ABCNews] Even though the U.S. Centers for Disease... (Continue reading)