Meningitis Kills 1; Fifth Teen Appears Infected
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One of five teenagers hospitalized with symptoms of bacterial meningitis has died, and another was in critical condition.
State health officials planned to alert emergency room personnel statewide, state epidemiologist Jesse Greenblatt said.
Rachael Perry, 18, of Bennington died at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized since Christmas, Greenblatt said.
Three other teens from southern New Hampshire were in fair condition. A 13-year-old boy from the far northern tip of the state also appeared to have contracted the disease.
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