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Mass. pharmacy dodged reprimand after protest
Massachusetts regulators in 2004 proposed a formal reprimand for a company now linked to deadly meningitis outbreak, but they never delivered it after ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 317 cases, 24 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Mexico declares end to bird flu outbreak
Mexico says an outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in western Mexico has been "totally controlled" after 68 days without any reports of new cases.
Mass. gov.: Fungus seen at meningitis-linked firm
State officials investigating a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis said Tuesday they found shoddy sterilization practices and unclean ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 308 cases, 17 states
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis
New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 297 cases
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Meningitis victims face long, uncertain recovery
Vilinda York lies in her Florida hospital bed, facing a dry-erase board that lists in green marker her name, her four doctors and a smiley face.
Meningitis outbreak toll: 284 cases, 23 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Questions for Medicare in meningitis outbreak
Medicare is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation's drug supply. The giant health ...
APNewsBreak: Tenn.'s meningitis has likely peaked
Tennessee's chief medical officer says the rate of new infections from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak appears to be declining in the state where ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 271 cases, 21 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
NM peanut capital at heart of national recall
The country's largest organic peanut processing plant is scrubbing its facilities top to bottom and hopes to get back in production soon after a ...
FDA: Fungus in tainted steroids and patients match
The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one behind the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials ...
Meningitis outbreak deaths rise to 19
Four more people have died in the national meningitis outbreak, bringing the death toll to 19, health officials said Wednesday. The deaths are among ...
Lawmakers seek Mass. pharmacy Justice Dept. probe
Two members of Congress have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether a specialty pharmacy linked to a nationwide meningitis ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 231 cases, 15 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
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 ...
Steroid-linked outbreak toll: 214 cases, 15 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
Scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak
Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a ...
Mass. pharmacy founder had background in recycling
The pharmacy linked to the nation's deadly outbreak of meningitis is owned by two brothers-in-law who brought different but complementary skills to ...
FDA regulation of pharmacies has knotty history
The deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated pain injections has prompted calls for tighter federal regulation of compounding pharmacies, ...
Meningitis outbreak toll: 184 cases in 12 states
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...