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KHQ MD ALERT: Meningitis Deaths Rise, FDA Faces New Questions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wednesday, while U.S. lawmakers pressed federal health regulators to explain what they knew about the pharmacy that produced the drugs. The Centers for Disease

KHQ MD ALERT: 9 More Idaho Clinics May Have Drugs From Ma. Pharmacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - As federal officials expand their investigation of a meningitis outbreak tied to injectable steroids made by a Massachusetts company, Idaho health officials are contacting nine clinics that may have recently received other injectable drugs from the company. The

Dirty shoes? How did steroids get contaminated?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Was it some moldy ceiling tiles? The dusty shoes of a careless employee? Or did the contamination ride in on one of the ingredients? There are lots of ways fungus could have gotten inside the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose steroid

Meningitis outbreak toll: 231 cases, 15 deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By The Associated Press An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled. Latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Illnesses: 231 cases of fungal

Washington State Investigating Other Products In Meningitis Case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A pain medication linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak was not shipped to Washington. But, Secretary of Health Mary Selecky says the Massachusetts company that manufactured the drug is licensed for services in Washington and has shipped other products to the state.

FDA: Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company. The New England Compounding

Steroid-linked outbreak toll: 214 cases, 15 deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

Britain has helped other children in trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Fourteen-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, who was airlifted to a British hospital for medical care and protection after she was shot in the head by the Taliban, is the latest of many foreign children in need that Britain has welcomed in

At CDC, Scientists Fight To Halt A Deadly Outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

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 microscope at fungi on a

At CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press 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 microscope at