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Meningitis in Middle Tennessee

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Signs, symptoms of Meningitis

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Meningitis is a relatively uncommon disease but it strikes quick and can be deadly especially in young children. Parents need to act immediately if your child shows any of the following symptoms: More>>

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What is Bacterial Meningitis?

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Bacterial meningitis is usually severe. While most people with meningitis recover, it can cause serious complications, such as brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disabilities. More>>

Meningitis outbreak toll now 23 dead, 284 sickened: CDC

Twenty-three people have now died and 284 have been sickened in the nationwide meningitis outbreak apparently tied to contaminated steroid injections, U.S. health officials reported Saturday. More>>

Meningitis outbreak: Your questions answered

Eleven people have died so far from an outbreak of a rare non-contagious fungal meningitis, an inflammation of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

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Meningitis outbreak not over yet

Health experts said Thursday they expect to see more cases of a deadly type of meningitis that has been linked to an apparently contaminated steroid used for back pain. The outbreak so far has killed four people. More>>

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