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No public health threat from Bleckley County student?s meningitis, official says
Staff reportJanuary 13, 2014
A Bleckley County High School student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, but school and health officials say the case does not endanger the public health.
The girl got ill over Christmas break and has not returned to classes since them, said Dr. Lawton Davis, district health director for the South Central Health District. There are no signs that it has spread.
Neither school nor health officials said they are aware of any other students with similar symptoms...
No public health threat from Bleckley County student?s meningitis, official says
Staff reportJanuary 13, 2014
A Bleckley County High School student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, but school and health officials say the case does not endanger the public health.
The girl got ill over Christmas break and has not returned to classes since them, said Dr. Lawton Davis, district health director for the South Central Health District. There are no signs that it has spread.
Neither school nor health officials said they are aware of any other students with similar symptoms...