Wednesday 10 October 2012

CDC reports 18 more U.S. cases of meningitis from steroid injections

(Reuters) - Eighteen more people have contracted meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections, and a death was officially confirmed in Florida, bringing the total number killed to 12, the Centers for Disease Control said on Wednesday. A total of 137 people have been stricken with a rare fungal meningitis in 10 states since the outbreak began, according to the latest CDC tally, up from 119 listed on Tuesday. Five more cases of meningitis were discovered in the hardest hit state of Tennessee, bringing its total to 44. Michigan, Indiana and Virginia added three more cases each. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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