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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: Headaches, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Science and Technology
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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: Steroids, Meningitis
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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: Meningitis
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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: Meningitis
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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: Food and Drug Administration, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations
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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: Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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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: Steroids, Hospitals and Clinics, Meningitis, Stroke
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, Stroke, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Elkhart and St. Joseph County centers receive recalled meds tied to outbreak
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State health officials say Indiana has one confirmed case of a rare form of fungal meningitis tied to a recalled back pain medication. The State Department of Health said Thursday it's investigating the confirmed Indiana case of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Meningitis, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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West Nile virus threatens Labor Day celebrations
DETROIT (AP) — People celebrating Labor Day weekend outdoors in Michigan could be setting themselves up as the main course for feasting mosquitoes, including the species known to carry the West Nile virus. The disease has become the summer...Tags: Labor Day, Headaches, Weather, Diseases and Illnesses, West Nile Virus
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Teen killed in Granger crash was hours away from graduation
GRANGER – Police have released the names of those involved in a deadly crash Sunday morning on State Road 23 in Granger. The young man who died is 18-year-old James Reeder – a student from Lawrence, Michigan who was due to graduate Sunday...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death, Human Interest
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Crash kills man fleeing Mishawaka hit-and-run
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA man who reportedly was fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash this morning was killed just minutes later when he crashed his car again a short distance away. Mishawaka Police said 29-year-old Julian Stewart, of South Bend, likely broke his neck...Tags: Prosecution, Medical Procedures and Tests, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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