Meningitis Outbreak
The year started in the United States with a mild flu season but ended up being marked by deadly outbreaks of fungal meningitis, West Nile virus and Hantavirus.
Latest death in Tennessee
In 2004, health officials considered imposing sanctions and three years of probation on the New England Compounding Center (NECC) for unacceptable standards in the production of methylprednisolone acetate, the steroid that sparked a nationwide meningitis epidemic.
New Cases jump to 285 during the weekend, CDC confirms
More people have died from the national meningitis outbreak.
Nine new cases, five deaths reported in last two days.
On Tuesday, federal law-enforcement and U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials began scouring the Framingham, Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC), which has been identified as the source of a national fungal meningitis outbreak.
Lawyer for company calls raid "unnecessary"
Dr. William Schaffner, head of nonprofit disease education group, warns that meningitis cases will increase
Since a contaminated steroid known as methylprednisolone acetate sparked a national fungal meningitis outbreak, 170 people have been infected, killing 14 people.
The deadly meningitis outbreak, spread through an epidural steroid injection meant to relieve back pain, has put 13,000 U.S. citizens at risk for infection.
The recent fungal meningitis outbreak, which allegedly originated from the Framingham, Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Pharmacy (NECC), has now taken the lives of seven, and afflicted 91 people with the illness.
Health officials report that cases of fungal meningitis have risen to 35, affecting Indiana, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, resulting in 5 deaths.
Health officials are reporting that people in 23 states who received steroid injections between July and September may be contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis.
An outbreak of fungal meningitis allegedly caused by steroid medication has afflicted five states, taking the lives of four people and causing 26 to fall ill.
