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FDA: Fungus in tainted steroids and patients match

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one behind the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials said Thursday. The match confirms the link between the outbreak and the maker of the steroids,

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

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

FDA regulation of pharmacies has knotty history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated pain injections has prompted calls for tighter federal regulation of compounding pharmacies, which have periodically been blamed for crippling and sometimes fatal injuries. But this isn

UPDATE: Meningitis Outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

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

UPDATE: Meningitis Outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th