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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:

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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.

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.

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.