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Second death from "brain-eating amoeba"

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week kicked off a Voices of Meningitis campaign that uses the Fort Collins outbreak to remind pare.

"I was not obviously informed or educated on meningitis What it can do or cause That's why it's important for me to advocate for meningitis awareness and vaccine," she said. 10 percent of sufferers die from it, often within hours of the onset of

This November will mark the third anniversary of when Jamie contracted the bacterial infection while a student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Students going into middle school need three shots — tetanus, chicken pox, and meningitis. The Department of Health and Human Services sets the vaccination requirements for Texas public schools. In order for students to attend class, they must have