Posts Tagged ‘Casper Meningitis Bill’
Wyoming high school students write meningitis bill
January 10, 2011 CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming seventh-graders would be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis under a bill written by high school students who were moved by the story of a Colorado woman who died of the disease. State Sen. Bill Landen, a Republican from Casper, planned to introduce the bill Tuesday, when the legislative session…
Read MoreLarimer meningococcal deaths impetus for Wyoming vaccine bill
January 28, 2011 Sometimes the tragic passing of those afflicted by an illness can move others so much that it inspires them to do all they can to prevent similar deaths from happening in other places. Nearly four years after 20 year-old Sierra Krizman of Loveland died of bacterial meningitis, a group of Casper, Wyo.,…
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