Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Meningitis deathwatch: 51

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/27/michigan-official-seeks-grand-jury-to-probe-meningitis-outbreak/


Michigan official seeks grand jury to probe meningitis outbreak



Michigan's attorney general on Tuesday asked state courts to authorize a grand jury to investigate whether a company linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections broke any state laws.

The outbreak, linked to tainted steroids shipped in 2012 by the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center, has killed 51 people and sickened 730, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.





Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/27/michigan-official-seeks-grand-jury-to-probe-meningitis-outbreak/#ixzz2Olzc2skP

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