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Meningococcal meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the membranes (meninges) around the brain or spinal cord, which can develop suddenly or gradually, and symptoms of the illness include sudden onset of high fever, nausea, headache, aching muscles, vomiting and mental confusion. Rashes also occur in about half of cases...
This form of bacterial meningitis is fatal in 10 percent of cases, with another 10 percent chance of brain damage, according to the Mayo Clinic website. Although only around 100 college students contract meningitis each year, each case has the potential to become a campus-wide epidemic, according to the website...
...encrypted e-mail or in hurried personal rendezvous. The impact on Hamas' public leaders has been even more dramatic. Last September, al-Zahar's house was flattened by an Israeli bomb that wounded him and tore his son to pieces. Now he, Rantisi and Haniya, another of the political brain trust, live in hiding. They have left home to go into safe houses in Gaza's warren of refugee camps where Hamas supporters are eager to shelter them. The leadership no longer travels in cars but walks, sticking to back alleys instead of main arteries. The bosses do not answer...
Like the women's-rights movement she has helped lead since the 1970S, Gloria Steinem has come a long way. Proudly single until four years ago, when she married environmentalist David Bale, she became a widow in December when he died of brain lymphoma. TIME's Sonja Steptoe talked with Steinem, who turned 70 last week, and found her just as engaged as ever...
...seizure; in Los Angeles. Berry and his partner penned such memorable tunes as The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, about a speedster granny; Surf City; and Dead Man's Curve--the last two co-written with Beach Boy Brian Wilson. A car accident in 1966 had left Berry with brain damage, partial paralysis and generally poor health...