Legislation

Enact Garrett's law for meningitis education across the state as well as the meningitis education and immunization response law - July 17, 2004 and June 12, 2003.

> See Garrett's Law.
> See House bill 825.

Requires both public and private schools to annually provide parents or guardians with information on meningococcal disease.

> See Senate bill 444.

State Events

State M.O.M.s

Cora Harrison
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mother of Julia, Who Died of Meningococcal Disease

Julia Harrison

Cora Harrison's daughter, Julia, was a sophomore at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, when her life was tragically cut short by meningococcal disease. During her fall semester in 2001, Julia visited the student health center suffering from an intense headache. In the middle of the night, she called her parents to tell them she had been vomiting and could barely walk. Feeling her daughter sounded disoriented, Cora called 911 and had Julia transported to a nearby hospital. Julia died only three hours later. Cora and her husband, Paul, were shocked to hear that Julia died as a result of meningococcal disease, since Julia had been vaccinated against the disease a few years earlier. The Harrison's didn't realize that it was important to be aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease, because even with vaccination some people may contract the disease.

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