July 9, 1999
Meningitis Deaths Renew Debate About Vaccinating Students
Colleges reported 83 cases in the past academic year, 6 of them fatal
On the day Lauren Tardif came home from a spring-break trip to Daytona Beach two years ago, her sore throat quickly turned into a headache, and her temperature rose to 104 degrees. Tylenol brought the fever down, but she woke up the next morning vomiting and feeling achy and weak.
Within a few hours, the 18-year-old freshman at the
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