• Fungal Meningitis Cases as of 5/6/2013

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Meningitis victims likely can tour pharmacy blamed for outbreak

 Victims of a meningitis outbreak tied to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy will likely be allowed to do an exhaustive inspection of the facility, a federal

FDA: Mold, bacteria at pharmacy tied to outbreak

Federal health inspectors say they found bacteria and mold growing in rooms that were supposed to be kept sterile at the pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak

Unprecedented 'black mold' meningitis a challenge

The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory.

Mass.: Visible fungus at meningitis-linked company

Massachusetts state officials say they found unclean conditions including visible black specks of fungus in steroids made by a pharmacy linked to a deadly

FDA: Fungus in tainted steroids and patients match

The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one blamed in the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials said

Dirty shoes? How did steroids get contaminated?

Was it some moldy ceiling tiles? The dusty shoes of a careless employee? Or did the contamination ride in on one of the ingredients?

Alabamians exposed to infected injections out-of-state

State Health Officer Don Williamson says 13 Alabamians were injected with the steroid medicine from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak, but

FDA: Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness

Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to

Ten cases of meningitis confirmed in Florida

The Florida Department of Health confirmed Saturday that Escambia County has its case of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated steroid injections

CDC: Meningitis outbreak growing, 14 people dead

Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation's growing

Meningitis outbreak: Your questions answered

In addition to typical meningitis symptoms like headache, fever, nausea and stiffness of the neck, people with fungal meningitis may also experience confusion,

Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deaths

The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths.

Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

A deadly meningitis outbreak rose to 47 cases in seven states Friday, as clinics scrambled to notify patients across the country that the shots they got for

FDA: Avoid drugs from company tied to meningitis

A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five states. The government is

Rare meningitis cases at 26 in 5 states, 4 deaths

An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis has now sickened 26 people in five states who received steroid injections mostly for back pain, health

Infant meningitis vaccine input sought

The vaccine has FDA approval for those as young as nine months. Doctors can order it now, but insurance companies generally won't cover it

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