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UW Student Who Contracted Bacterial Meningitis Dies

MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who had contracted bacterial meningitis has died.

A posting on social media Web site CaringBride.org purportedly from the family and friends of Neha Suri said that she passed away on Tuesday afternoon. The 22-year-old journalism student fell ill from bacterial meningitis last week and had been in an induced coma, according to school health officials.