2014-2016 Data Shows Risk of Meningitis Higher Among College Students
(WorldNews Health)

(BPT) - Nicolis `Nico` Williams was a junior at Texas A&M University when one day in February 2011, he had a bad headache after a night out with friends. `It was bad enough for him to want to go to a clinic. They treated him for flu-like symptoms, and he went home to rest,` remembers Nico´s older sister Tiffany. `Later, his roommates found him disoriented and rushed him to the hospital.` That was when Nico was diagnosed with meningitis B - costing him his life at only 20 years old. Meningococcal meningitis, often referred to as meningitis or bacterial meningitis, is an inflammation of the protective membranes, or meninges, covering the brain and spinal cord. It is an uncommon but serious...