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Nearly 200 sickened in possible norovirus outbreak
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Health officials say nearly 200 students and staff at a Detroit-area school have been sickened in a suspected norovirus outbreak. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/UImy8e ) Annapolis High School officials...Tags: Annapolis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Calicivirus
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Prescription Addiction: A growing epidemic
WSBT-TV ReporterIt’s a shocking statistic impacting lots of local families – last year in St. Joseph County, more people died from accidental drug overdoses than in car accidents. Many of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs. It’s a...Tags: Addiction, Substance Abuse, Theft, General Practitioners, Heroin
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Lawsuits filed on behalf of fungal meningitis patients in Elkhart County
South Bend TribuneELKHART – Six victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak in Elkhart County have filed lawsuits against Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center, which produced, marketed and sold the now-recalled steroid medication linked to the outbreak....Tags: Meningitis, Justice System, Headaches, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Health officials confirm 3rd meningitis death linked to Elkhart County
ELKHART COUNTY – A third death linked to fungal meningitis in Elkhart County has been confirmed. That confirmation came Wednesday afternoon from County Health Officer Dr. Dan Nafziger, who spoke with WSBT. The latest count shows 28 confirmed and...
Tags: Meningitis, Disease Prevention, Sepsis, Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses
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CDC: Ind. has 2nd death from fungal meningitis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A second person has died from fungal meningitis after receiving an injection in Indiana that's been linked to tainted steroids used for back pain, state and federal health officials said Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control...
Tags: Steroids, Back Pain, Meningitis, Disease Prevention, Headaches
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At CDC, scientists fight to halt deadly meningitis outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A scientist in a white lab coat peers through a...
Tags: Meningitis, Headaches, Viral Diseases and Infections, The Walking Dead (tv program), Back Pain
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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: Disease Prevention, Back Pain, Meningitis, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Injured BMX star's mom 'wants her little boy back'
SOUTH BEND -- Three minutes. Three agonizing minutes were an eternity Lisa Banasiewicz will never forget. Her son Brett, the pride of South Bend on the Dew Tour, had fallen. No big deal, right? He falls a lot. That's what extreme sports athletes, who...
Tags: Steroids, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Swelling
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Data reveal health discrepancies in county
SOUTH BEND -- St. Joseph County ranks slightly better than middle of the road in overall health compared with that in other Indiana counties, but a breakdown of the data reveals a strong socioeconomic and racial discrepancy in health in the county. Local... -
Agdia growing in Elkhart
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentELKHART -- Agdia Inc. is growing because of the evolving agricultural market's high-tech ways to test for potentially devastating diseases. "It's been a constant growth area," said President Baziel Vrient, 61, who joined the Elkhart company as an...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Genes and Chromosomes, Agriculture
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West Nile-infected mosquitoes found in St. Joseph County; Now what?
WSBT-TV ReprorterMosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in St. Joseph County. Health department officials found the infected mosquitoes on the east side of South Bend, though they did not specify exact location. So, does this mean we're all going to get...Tags: Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses, Lymphatic System, West Nile Virus
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Indiana State Fair to closely monitor hogs for illnesses
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say they're taking extra precautions at the Indiana State Fair to monitor hogs for signs of illness following a recent increase in sick hogs at the state's county fairs. State Board of Animal Health spokeswoman...
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