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U.S. warns meningitis cases could rise
AFP - US authorities have managed to contact most of the thousands of people exposed to the tainted drug blamed for a meningitis outbreak that has killed 14, but warned the number of infections could rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had contacted 12,000 of the nearly…
U.S. meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 12
The death toll from an American meningitis outbreak linked to tainted medication has reached 12, according to US officials, who have documented more than 120 infections in 10 states. Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said as many as 13,000 people might have received doses of…
91 sick, 7 dead after fungal meningitis outbreak linked to injectable steroid used for back pain
At least seven people have died and 91 have fallen ill in the United States in a worsening meningitis outbreak tied to a contaminated drug, updated figures showed Sunday. Cases have been identified in nine states, with the hardest-hit being Tennessee, where 32 people have been diagnosed with the fungal…
Contaminated drug linked to deadly meningitis outbreak
A contaminated drug has been linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis that has claimed the lives of at least five people and sickened 34 others in six US states, health officials said Friday. Public health officials were contacting patients in 23 states who received the potentially contaminated steroid injection…
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