Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US meningitis deaths climb to 19 as outbreak widens
At least 19 people have died in a widening fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a contaminated steroid, US health officials said Wednesday.
Oct 18, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Investigators visit Mass. firm in meningitis case
(AP)—Criminal investigators from the Food and Drug Administration have visited a Massachusetts company whose steroid medication has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
Oct 17, 2012
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Medications
Suit: Firm provided tainted meds in 2002, man died
The compounding pharmacy suspected in a deadly meningitis outbreak settled a lawsuit alleging it produced a tainted shot that caused a man's death in 2004, while a pharmaceutical firm with common owners was accused this summer ...
Oct 11, 2012
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Medications
2nd firm agrees to temporary shutdown in outbreak
(AP)—A Massachusetts company run by the same executives who operated a specialty pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak has agreed to temporarily shut down for inspection by state and federal regulators.
Oct 10, 2012
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Medications
Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulators
(AP)—Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license.
Oct 10, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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.
Oct 6, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US: Avoid drugs from company tied to meningitis (Update)
U.S. health officials ramped up warnings Thursday about a specialty pharmacy linked to a widening outbreak of a rare kind of meningitis, urging doctors and hospitals not to use any products from the company.
Oct 4, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New avian flu virus jumps from birds to mammals, kills New England's baby seals
A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck harbor seals in New England, according to scientists at the Center ...
Jul 31, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Pathophysiology may help ID rare, early form of Alzheimer's
(HealthDay) -- In dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease, clinical and biomarker changes occur decades before the expected onset of disease symptoms, according to a study published online July 11 in the New England Journal ...
Jul 12, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Risk of rupture increases with size of cerebral aneurysm
(HealthDay) -- The natural course of unruptured cerebral aneurysms varies according to their size, location, and shape, according to a study published in the June 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jun 28, 2012
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