http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. US lawmakers slammed federal and state health officials Wednesday for failing to properly police a pharmacy whose tainted drugs caused a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-congress-slams-health-tainted-drugs.html Medications Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:09:25 EST news272171359 US federal health inspectors said Monday they have uncovered serious problems at a second Massachusetts pharmacy run by some of the same people whose tainted drugs caused a deadly meningitis outbreak. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-problems-firm-tied-meningitis-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:10:01 EST news271965626 The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to tainted drugs rose to 30 as the number of cases climbed to a whopping 419, US health officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meningitis-death-toll.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:20:40 EST news271362028 US officials revoked the license Wednesday of a Massachusetts pharmacy cited for significant sanitary violations as the toll from a meningitis outbreak tied to its tainted drugs rose to 24. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-firm-tainted-drug-toll.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:07:27 EST news270356840 (AP)—U.S. legislators want the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the company linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak violated federal laws or regulations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-lawmakers-justice-dept-probe-pharmacy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:40:11 EST news269628005