Wednesday, October 31, 2012

3 more deaths from meningitis outbreak linked to injections

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/31/3-more-deaths-from-meningitis-outbreak-linked-to-injections/

3 more deaths from meningitis outbreak linked to injections


"Three more patients have died after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the outbreak to 28 nationwide.

Two of the new deaths were in Michigan, which now has reported seven fatalities, and one in Tennessee which has confirmed 11 deaths, the CDC said. The two states have been the hardest hit by the outbreak, first discovered in Tennessee late last month."






Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/31/3-more-deaths-from-meningitis-outbreak-linked-to-injections/#ixzz2Asf9ftu0

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