HEALTHBEAT: Amid flu flurry, don’t forget teen shots against different threat _ meningitis

Rare but deadly meningitis: Don’t forget kid shots

WASHINGTON — Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast — one of the few infections in the U.S. where someone can feel fine in the morning and be dead by night. And prime targets are tweens, teens and college freshmen.

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