Monday, October 15, 2012

Meningitis cases climb as outbreak worsens

http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/meningitis-cases-climb-as-outbreak-worsens


Meningitis cases climb as outbreak worsens

Meningitis tied to a contaminated steroid has affected 205 people in a worsening outbreak that has killed 15 people in the United States.

Almost 14,000 people in 23 states may have received contaminated doses of the steroid — typically injected into the spine to treat back pain — from the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, which has since shut down its operations and recalled all of its products.

By Agence France-PresseMon, Oct 15 2012 at 12:06 AM EST









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