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| Illness outbreak reported at Ala. prison, 1 inmate dead |
| By wkrg.com |
| Published: 10/01/2018 |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Public health and corrections officials are responding to an illness outbreak at an Alabama prison that left one inmate dead. The Alabama Department of Public Health said Friday that here has been a pneumococcal disease outbreak at the Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County. Three inmates were hospitalized and one inmate died after developing meningitis. Health officials said the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria can cause illnesses ranging from ear and sinus infections to pneumonia and meningitis. Read More. |
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