Wash U Student Dies From Meningitis, Fox 2 Reports
Her illness was reported April 20.
Fox 2 News is reporting that a Washington University student has died from complications of meningococcal disease. Emily Benatar passed away at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Wednesday morning. Benatar was a first-year student from California attending the College of Arts & Sciences. As Patch previously reported, Benatar's case was reported to public health officials April 20. Benatar lived in the South 40. Her freshman floor and other members of the campus community who may have been in close contact with her were notified in April and offered preventive medical treatment at the University's Habif Health and Wellness Center. Meningitis infection may show up in a person by a sudden onset of fever, headache, and stiff neck. It will often have …
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Laura Filbert Zacher
9:32 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
This is very sad news for her family and for the Washington University student community. A terrible loss. more ›