10/6/24 - Patti Wukovits and Dr. Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco...

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Patti Wukovits, BSN, RN is Co-Executive Director, and also a cofounder, of the American Society for Meningitis Prevention. Patti's 17-year-old daughter Kimberley died of meningitis just a week before her high school graduation. She was instrumental in co-founding the group alongside Alicia Stillman, another mother whose teen daughter died of meningitis. Dr. Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco is Medical Council for the Society and is a vaccine expert. World Meningitis Day is October 5, and this week we learn more about this life-threatening bacterial infection. While it can affect all age groups, adolescents and young adults are among the high-risk groups. It can kill in as little as 24 hours.www.meningitispreventon.org See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Patti Wukovits, BSN, RN is Co-Executive Director, and also a cofounder, of the American Society for Meningitis Prevention. Patti's 17-year-old daughter Kimberley died of meningitis just a week before her high school graduation. She was instrumental...

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