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Meningitis outbreak: Michigan AG asks for license suspension
This weekend we are continuing to watch the numbers in the ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis that has gripped the nation and led Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to ask regulators to suspend a license that allows a Massachusetts pharmacy to...
Tags: Back Pain, Steroids
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Family of woman killed by fungal meningitis: 'Anger is not going to change anything'
The family of a Cass County woman says they believe she died of fungal meningitis after receiving tainted back pain injections at an Elkhart clinic. They now join a growing list of people across the United States who have lost loved ones in an outbreak...
Tags: Back Pain
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24 Indiana meningitis cases now tied to steroid
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state health official says Indiana's confirmed cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication have risen to 24. State Department of Health spokesman Ken Severson released the update Friday, a day after...
Tags: Back Pain
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Suit: Firm provided tainted meds in 2002, man died
Long before the current rash of fungal meningitis, the compounding pharmacy suspected in the outbreak settled a lawsuit alleging it produced a tainted shot that caused a man's death in 2004. Earlier this summer, a separate pharmaceutical firm with common...Tags: Laws, Hospitals and Clinics, Deval Patrick, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals
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Cass County woman dies from fungal meningitis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -The family of a Cass County woman says it believes she died of fungal meningitis after receiving two injections of a tainted back pain medication at an Elkhart health clinic. Lisa Ann Durbin says her 89-year-old grandmother Pauline...
Tags: Symptoms, Back Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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CDC: 12 Indiana meningitis cases tied to steroid
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana now has a dozen cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication, though no deaths have been reported in the state, federal health officials said Tuesday. At least two patients contracted the disease...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Disease Prevention, Fever
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Michigan man at risk for meningitis after losing wife
DETROIT (AP) — Days after taking his wife off life support, George Cary got a phone call that confirmed his suspicions: Her meningitis-related death was linked to tainted steroid injections at a Michigan clinic that had regularly treated her back...Tags: Back Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, Steroids, Stroke
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CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitis
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted updated figures to...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention
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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 105 -- 2 in Elkhart
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached at least 105 cases. We know at least two patients contracted the disease at the OSMC Surgery Center in Elkhart. OSMC CEO Don...
Tags: Back Pain, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Stroke
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Indiana bans firm tied to fungal meningitis outbreak
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has banned a pharmaceutical company linked to a deadly multistate fungal meningitis outbreak from doing business in the state. The Indiana Board of Pharmacy voted unanimously Monday to suspend the license of the New...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Steroids, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemical Industry
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Ind. reports 8 meningitis cases now tied to steroid, 20 cases in Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state health official says Indiana now has 8 cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication, up from Saturday's 5 reported cases, while Michigan is now reporting 20 cases. In a new report issued Sunday...
Tags: Methylprednisolone (drug), Headaches, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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