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Health Sense: Meningitis death, vaccine bring disappointment, hope

It’s been 20 months since Henry Mackaman, a 21-year-old UW-Madison student, died from meningitis. His mother, Meredith Leigh, is still disappointed over his care, which she claims was inadequate. But she hopes a vaccine recently approved for the type of meningitis Mackaman had could prevent other deaths.