Caution advised after West Hollywood lawyer dies of meningitis
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 01:00
in Health & Medicine
'We don't want to panic people,' a city councilman says after the death of Brett Shaad, 33. 'But we learned 30 years ago the consequences of delay in the response to AIDS.'A recently confirmed case of meningitis in Los Angeles County and a spate of others striking gay men in New York City have officials in West Hollywood warning residents to take precautions. Like some of the New York victims, the local man who contracted the disease died Friday.