Dr. Mark Hostettler, medical director of the Alliance Community Hospital, left, and Nick Baird,

Dr. Mark Hostettler, medical director of the Alliance Community Hospital, left, and Nick Baird, director of the Ohio Department of Health, right, answer questions at a news conference Monday, June 4, 2001, in Alliance, Ohio. A meningitis-related outbreak killed two high school students and made a third teen seriously ill in the area. Nick Baird, director of the Ohio Department of Health, is at right. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)