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Wednesday, December 27, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Meningococcal disease Girls basketball falls to Culver
at Oregon State
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
By Steven Dubois
Associated Press
PORTLAND (AP) —
Oregon State University said
Wednesday it will fight an
outbreak of meningococcal
disease by requiring students
25 and younger to be vacci-
nated against the disease by
February 15.
The university announced
its decision after the Oregon
Health Authority reported that
an undergraduate has been
diagnosed with the disease,
the sixth case in an outbreak
that began a little more than a
year ago.
“We’re raising the bar, and
that happens today,” university
spokesman Steve Clark said.
The latest case is a 21-year-
old student enrolled at the
Corvallis campus who was
hospitalized December 17
with meningitis — a poten-
tially lethal infection of the
brain and spinal cord — while
visiting family. Preliminary
tests found meningococcal
disease to be the probable
cause, and additional testing
will determine whether it’s the
same strain of meningococcal
bacteria that caused the other
illnesses.
The first five patients all
made full recoveries. Charlie
Fautin, deputy director of
the Benton County Health
Department, said that’s sta-
tistically unusual, and the dis-
ease has fatality rate of about
10 percent.
Symptoms include the
sudden onset of a fever, stiff
neck and headache. It can also
cause flu-like symptoms and
nausea, vomiting and a rash.
“This disease can progress
from sort of feeling like you
have the flu — feeling kind
of cruddy — to being cata-
strophic very quickly,” Fautin
said.
Health officials urged stu-
dents to get vaccinated during
the winter break that began
December 9 and continues
through January 7. The uni-
versity held three mass vac-
cination clinics this fall, but
attendance was not mandatory.
The disease primarily
afflicts young people and can
spread in group living situa-
tions such as dormitories.
A University of Oregon
student, Lauren Jones, died
during an outbreak on the
Eugene campus in 2015. A
doctor at the hospital near
campus diagnosed her with
a flu-like illness and sent her
home to rest. The 18-year-old
woman died later that day in
her dorm room.
A jury in September ruled
that the hospital provided
negligent medical care, and
awarded $1.5 million to the
student’s mother.
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The girls basketball
squad fell 28-22 at home
against Culver on Tuesday,
December 19.
Culver jumped out with a
quick lead, and at the close of
the first quarter held a 10-6
advantage. Sisters committed
numerous turnovers in the
second period, and also strug-
gled to get the ball through
the hoop. At the half, the
Outlaws trailed the Bulldogs
18-8.
The Outlaws played much
better in the second half, and
outscored Culver 14-10, with
10 points coming in the final
quarter. Sisters made a great
push at the end, but it was
just a little too late.
Sisters shot 32 percent
from the field, and committed
27 turnovers in the contest,
an area that continues to be a
big issue for the young team.
Rylee Weber scored nine
points and had four steals in
the contest. Alexa Stewart
contributed six points and
three steals, and Gracen
Sundstrom had three blocked
shots.
Coach Alan Von Stein
said, “Our defense played
hard, especially in the second
half.”
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