U.S. Judge Allows Civil Suits in Meningitis Outbreak to Proceed. Meningitis deathwatch: 36

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U.S. Judge Allows Civil Suits in Meningitis Outbreak to Proceed

November 30, 2012

More than 500 people in 19 states have been infected with meningitis and 36 have died in the outbreak linked to an injectible steroid used to treat back pain produced by the New England Compounding Center, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.