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 1 Woman Has Meningitis — Basic Story

Meningitis is a disease. This disease can be very serious. A woman has come down with it and is very sick.
This woman goes to church. She was helping in the kitchen during a Sunday dinner at the church. Hundreds of
people were there.
Church members are worried that they could get the disease too. Some people have been given medicine just to
be safe. Others who were not as close to the woman are being told to watch for signs of the disease and see a
doctor if they start feeling ill.
Doctors say that meningitis is not usually spread through casual contact. This means that unless someone shares
something like a drink, cigarette, or a kiss, they are probably safe. Most people at the church have nothing to
worry about.
The woman with meningitis has been doing better since she was given medicine. Church members are being
careful to watch for signs of the disease. Luckily most people do not need to worry since it does not spread from
one person to another through casual contact.

 2 Woman Has Meningitis — Full Story

A Yuba City woman is the latest Northern California resident to come down with meningitis.
Margie Bishop, 65, was rushed to Rideout Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, where lab results showed she was
battling a case of meningitis. Bishop is in critical condition, but doctors say she appears to be responding to
antibiotics and coming out of the critical first 48 hours.
Now her church is taking precautions as well. At a Sunday dinner at Crossroads Community Church attended
by hundreds, Bishop worked in the kitchen alongside several congregation members. "She was in there,
washing dishes and stuff and she always walks up and gives everybody a hug and kiss," said church member
Joyce Hampton.
At least a dozen church members have been given antibiotics as a precaution. Others, at much less risk, are still
urged to be on their guard.
Health experts emphasize that meningitis is not usually spread through casual contact. It normally takes an
exchange of saliva, most commonly through sharing something like a cigarette, a beverage or a kiss.

 3 church

a place to worship God

 4 dinner

the last meal of the day

 5 disease

an illness that makes you very sick

 6 ill

sick

 7 medicine

a drug given to sick people to make them better

 8 probably

most likely

 9 sick

ill, not well

 10 signs

things that show or tell you something

 11 watch

to look out for things

 12 worried

to be concerned about something

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