A simple kiss. Well, it wasn’t really a simple kiss because the baby caught herpes meningitis from it and is now dead.
Mariana Sifrit was only 18-days old when she died on July 18 in Iowa. Her parents had exchanged their wedding vows only two hours before her death.
When Mariana was six-days old, she stopped eating and was hospitalized on July 7.Doctors diagnosed the infant with meningitis HSV-1 – that is the same virus that causes cold sores. Read the full story here ▶
