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Official: pharmacy tied to meningitis outbreak may have broken state law

(HealthDay)—The company at the center of the ongoing meningitis outbreak appears to have violated Massachusetts law by producing and distributing large quantities of a contaminated steroid compound, a state ...

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US warns meningitis cases could rise

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.

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Another meningitis scare emerges, targeting NYC's gay men

(HealthDay)—As a nationwide outbreak of steroid-linked meningitis grabs headlines, health officials in New York City say a separate, unrelated outbreak is hitting gay and bisexual men.

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Tainted drug death toll rises to 14 in US

The death toll from a deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States blamed on a tainted drug rose to 14 Thursday as the number of cases jumped to 172 in 11 states, health officials said.

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13,000 got suspect steroid shots; risk uncertain

(AP)—As many as 13,000 people received steroid shots suspected in a U.S. meningitis outbreak, health officials said Monday. But it's not clear how many are in danger.

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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 105

(AP)—Health officials say the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 105 cases.

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Steroid-related meningitis cases now total 91, CDC says

(HealthDay)—The number of meningitis cases linked to apparently contaminated steroid injections has risen to 91 in nine states, and the number of deaths remains at seven, U.S. health officials reported ...

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CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitis

(AP)—Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.

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CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7

(AP)—Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.

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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

(AP)—As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses.

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US clinics rush to warn of tainted steroid; 5 dead

(AP)—Health providers scrambled to notify patients in nearly two dozen U.S. states that the steroid injections they received for back pain may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Five ...

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Little U.S. flu activity so far, CDC says

(HealthDay)—Flu activity in the United States remains at low levels, federal health officials said Thursday.

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Rare US fungal meningitis outbreak grows; 5 dead (Update)

(AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states.

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Vaccines ready for 50 million in Africa's 'Meningitis Belt'

A huge vaccination campaign to protect 50 million people against meningitis has been launched in seven African countries aiming to stamp out the deadly virus, health officials said Thursday.

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Rare US fungal meningitis outbreak grows; 5 dead (Update)

(AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states.

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