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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon is opening a mass vaccination clinic Monday at Matthew Knight Arena in the campaign against a blood stream infection that can cause a form of meningitis, called meningococcemia.
So far, nearly 3,000 students have received the vaccine. The university hopes to inoculate thousands more this week in a partnership with Lane County Public Health.
The disease is believed to be responsible for the death of one student and for making three other students seriously ill this winter.
KEZI reports (http://bit.ly/1GH5WBW ) university staff and volunteers will sign up students for health insurance and some uninsured students will get free vaccine that was donated.
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