Outbreak

NM company linked to illness expands peanut recall

WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Mexico food company that produced the peanut butter linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning has expanded an ongoing recall of its products to include raw and roasted peanuts. The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that Sunland Inc. added raw and roasted shelled

Minn. lawsuit may be 1st from meningitis outbreak

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota woman who may have received tainted steroid injections blamed for the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis sued the drug seller on Thursday, though she hasn't been diagnosed with the rare illness. The federal lawsuit appears to be the first stemming from the

UPDATE: Meningitis Outbreak

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says 170 people now have been sickened in the meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid shots, and 14 of them have died.  Idaho becomes the 11th state to report at least one illness. The others are Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey

CDC: Meningitis outbreak growing, 14 people dead

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation's growing meningitis outbreak, warning Thursday that patients will need to