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3 different schools in Mid-Michigan with confirmed cases of viral meningitis
Posted: Wed 5:09 PM, Sep 19, 2018 |
Updated: Wed 7:08 PM, Sep 19, 2018
GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) (09/19/18) - Three different schools in Mid-Michigan have had confirmed cases of viral meningitis recently.
The districts say all classrooms and buses have undergone a deep cleaning and school was back in session Wednesday.
Meningitis is an infection of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. The viral form is considered much less serious than the bacterial form of the infection.
It can lead to symptoms that include such things as headaches, neck stiffness and fever, said Dr. Nazem Abdel Fattah of McLaren.
Edgerton Elementary School in Clio and McComb Elementary School in Caro both became aware of the diagnoses affecting their buildings on Tuesday.
E.F. Rittmueller Middle School in Frankenmuth reported a case to the Saginaw County Department of Public of Health on Sept. 11...
3 different schools in Mid-Michigan with confirmed cases of viral meningitis
Posted: Wed 5:09 PM, Sep 19, 2018 |
Updated: Wed 7:08 PM, Sep 19, 2018
GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) (09/19/18) - Three different schools in Mid-Michigan have had confirmed cases of viral meningitis recently.
The districts say all classrooms and buses have undergone a deep cleaning and school was back in session Wednesday.
Meningitis is an infection of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. The viral form is considered much less serious than the bacterial form of the infection.
It can lead to symptoms that include such things as headaches, neck stiffness and fever, said Dr. Nazem Abdel Fattah of McLaren.
Edgerton Elementary School in Clio and McComb Elementary School in Caro both became aware of the diagnoses affecting their buildings on Tuesday.
E.F. Rittmueller Middle School in Frankenmuth reported a case to the Saginaw County Department of Public of Health on Sept. 11...
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