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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials are investigating multiple cases of viral meningitis at a Utah County high school.
The Utah County Health Department confirmed Friday nearly 10 students at Lone Peak High School are suffering from meningitis.
Department spokeswoman Aislynn Tolman-Hill says school officials won't have to disrupt classes or take additional precautions.
Tolman-Hill says the meningitis is not bacterial so an outbreak is unlikely to occur.
Meningitis itself is not contagious.
Viral meningitis is an inflammation of tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms include headache, fever, vomiting and stiff neck.
Tolman-Hill says the symptoms don't last too long but young children and people with compromised immune systems are at a higher risk for complications.
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