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University of Illinois student treated for meningitis
Updated: Oct 14, 2017 4:59 PM EDT
By: Lexie Ratterman
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - A University of Illinois Urbana campus student was admitted to Carle Hospital in Urbana Tuesday, October 10 and is being treated for a confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis.
Staff at the McKinley Health Center on the Urban campus are contacting close friends and roommates of the student to alert them that they may be at risk. Dr. Robert Woodward, medical director of the McKinley Health Center says that only people who have had intimate or prolonged close contact for approximately eight hours and within three feet of the student are in danger of infection...
University of Illinois student treated for meningitis
Updated: Oct 14, 2017 4:59 PM EDT
By: Lexie Ratterman
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - A University of Illinois Urbana campus student was admitted to Carle Hospital in Urbana Tuesday, October 10 and is being treated for a confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis.
Staff at the McKinley Health Center on the Urban campus are contacting close friends and roommates of the student to alert them that they may be at risk. Dr. Robert Woodward, medical director of the McKinley Health Center says that only people who have had intimate or prolonged close contact for approximately eight hours and within three feet of the student are in danger of infection...