Medications
Novartis meningitis vaccine used at 2nd US campus
(AP)—Swiss drug maker Novartis says a second U.S. university is using its new vaccine against meningitis B.
Feb 24, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists debate CDC recommendations during meningitis outbreak
A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
Feb 5, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Steroid pharmacy passed 2011 inspection in Mass.
(AP)—The Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has claimed 23 lives around the country was cleared by state regulators following an inspection last year.
Oct 23, 2012
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Medical research
New discovery in fight against deadly meningococcal disease
Professor Michael Jennings, Deputy Director of the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, was part of an international team that discovered the previously unknown pathway of how the bacterium colonizes people.
May 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Massachusetts: Fungus at meningitis-linked firm
(AP)—Massachusetts state officials investigating a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis said Tuesday they found shoddy sterilization practices and unclean conditions there, including debris-covered floor mats ...
Oct 23, 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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 15
The death toll from an unprecedented US meningitis outbreak tied to a tainted steroid jumped to 15 after another person died from a fungal form of the disease, health authorities said Saturday.
Oct 14, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US firm loses license as tainted drug toll rises to 24
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.
Oct 25, 2012
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Health
Senate questions pharmacy boards after outbreak
(AP)—A Senate committee investigating a deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness.
Nov 19, 2012
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Health
Questions for Medicare in outbreak
(AP)—Questions are being raised about Medicare in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation's drug supply.
Oct 19, 2012
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