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Student Contracts Bacterial Meningitis

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 7, 2012 at 7:46 AM EST

A Columbus child is recovering from a bout with bacterial meningitis.Columbus Public Health officials say the student at St. James the Less School was diagnosed Wednesday with the contagious infection of the brain and spinal cord. School officials have notified parents and cleaned the building to stop the spread of the illness.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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