Oologah News

Shuache Moua, 8, was one of two students at the Oologah Lower Elementary to die from bacterial meningitis.

A health crisis is worsening in one Oklahoma school. An outbreak of meningitis has killed two students at Oologah schools in Oklahoma, and several other students have been hospitalized.

Although paramedics and a hospital initially told The News On 6 that a 1-year old boy transported to Saint Francis Tuesday night was showing symptoms of meningitis, the Rogers County Health Department now says he is not.

Lawmakers are now looking to Northeast Oklahoma after two students have died within the Oologah school district and at least five others have been hospitalized with the disease.

A lot of prayers are offered after the deadly meningitis outbreak in Oologah last week.

An outbreak of meningitis has led to the deaths of two Oologah-Talala elementary school students.

Health officials in Oologah are scrambling to stop an outbreak of Meningitis. Theya ve begun treating residents to prevent the bacteria from spreading.

A meningitis vaccination clinic will be offered for all students and staff in the Oologah school district.

More than 2,000 people call the Oologah community home. For the past five days the rare disease has been the main topic of conversation and concern across the town.

Karisa Pales, 18, is the first high school student from Oologah with a confirmed case of meningitis.

Members of this small community, still reeling from the deaths of two children, offered prayers for the grieving families Sunday.

Another meningitis case is confirmed in Oologah. This time, a high school student has contracted the illness.

Tulsa, OK- An Oologah mom is speaking out on her son's battle with bacterial meningitis.

Officials from the Rogers County Health Department and Oklahoma State Department of Health have confirmed a female teenage student from the Oologah-Talala public school has developed meningococcal disease.

Andrew Thomas, 7, attended youth class every Wednesday night at the Oologah Assembly of God.

The state Department of Health and the Rogers County Health Department has a clinic open Friday on the campus of the Oologah-Talala Schools.

At least 6 children from the same elementary school have been diagnosed with meningitis.

Shortly after her son's death, Frankie Milley founded Meningitis Angels, a support group to help families and survivors.

Two Oologah-Talala students have died after contracting meningitis. Early Thursday, seven-year-old Andrew Gregory Thomas died from the disease and school officials announced late Thursday afternoon another child also passed.

Two women who know the dangers of meningitis first-hand are giving their support to the people of Oologah.