Student cleared for school following treatment

CHAMPAIGN – An Edison Middle School student who contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection has been released by a doctor to return to school, according to a letter sent home last week to Edison parents.

"We have received confirmation that the student is not contagious and poses no risk of infection," said the letter from Edison Principal Joe Williams.

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