Three more die in fungal meningitis outbreak
Three more people in the United States have died in the fungal meningitis outbreak, with two deaths reported from Florida and one from Michigan.
And another Tennessean has been diagnosed with the disease, according to the monthly report on the outbreak issued today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The nationwide death toll from people sickened by contaminated steroid medicine made by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts has now reached 61.
Michigan now has more deaths from the multi-state outbreak than Tennessee, with 17 fatalities compared to 15 for Tennessee. It also has the most illnesses with 264 cases compared to 153 for Tennessee.
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