Aiden Hoglen plays music in a video taken by his mother, Sabrina Greene-Rusk, on Feb. 14. Hoglen died less than two weeks later after a battle with Type B Flu. Screengrab from YouTube video by Sabrina ...

Meningitis involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord and can stem from infectious or non-infectious causes, whereas the flu is caused exclusively by influenza viruses.

Sabrina Greene-Rusk, a wedding photographer, can’t imagine photographing another wedding now that she knows she will never get to see her son get married. On Feb. 27, 15-year-old Aidan Hoglen of ...