National Meningitis Association Launches Interactive Online Panel About Meningitis Dangers

Lori Buher and Marybeth Leeber each watched her child ravaged by meningococcal disease (also known as bacterial meningitis) -- enduring comas, painful skin grafts, organ transplants and multiple limb amputations. Jane Hession and Kathy Huddleson both lost an otherwise healthy child to the disease within hours of their first symptoms. These mothers are now banding together online to share their experiences and answer questions in an effort to protect other families from this devastating disease. They are part of the National Meningitis Association's (NMA) new online panel (www.nmaus.org/panel/), an interactive resource that allows people from across the country to communicate with these...

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