Meningitis outbreak: NECC failed to report Colo. disciplinary action
"Tennessee officials say that the owners of the Massachusetts drug compounding firm blamed in the death of 13 Tennessee patients failed to report a formal disciplinary action in another state more than a year before the current fungal meningitis outbreak.
Woody McMillin, spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Health, said Friday that officials of New England Compounding failed to report to the state Pharmacy Board that the firm had been the subject of an April 15, 2011, cease-and-desist order by Colorado regulators.
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The CDC report shows the number of deaths in Tennessee from the outbreak remains at 13. The last report was on Wednesday.
Nationwide the number of meningitis infections rose from 461 to 480, while the number of deaths increased by one to 33.
The largest number of cases continues to be in Michigan, where the number of patients infected jumped from 148 to 158. Michigan has had eight deaths, second only to Tennessee.
Other states reporting new infections include Indiana, New Jersey and Ohio. Indiana also reported one new death, pushing its total to five, third highest in the country."
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