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Associated Press
| 7 months ago
The specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday. Meanwhile, a second pharmacy connected to the New England...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
Two pharmacy companies in the Boston area plan to cease operations as a precautionary move after an outbreak of meningitis linked to tainted medication killed 12 people. The death toll from the outbreak across 10 states has sparked consumer panic and...
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Boston Herald
| 7 months ago
A meridose, the sister company of the Bay State pharmacy linked to the nationwide fatal meningitis outbreak, has voluntarily agreed to suspend its own drug compounding and manufacturing operations, along with its distribution partner, Alanaus...
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Boston Herald
| 7 months ago
Ohio The state has suspended the Ohio distribution license of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has sickened more than 130 people in 10 states, including one person in Ohio...The New England Compounding Center in...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Massachusetts officials said an executive of a sister company of the pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak recused herself as a state regulator. Sophia Pasedis, vice president of regulatory affairs and compliance at Ameridose, which shares the...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 7 months ago
The illness is the first in Idaho believed to be linked to a national outbreak from potentially contaminated steroid injections, said the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The outbreak is under investigation by the Centers for Disease Control...
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PRWeb
| 7 months ago
Meningitis Outbreak Toll">The Associated Press now reports (October 10, 2012, 12:33 am) that there are at least 119, confirmed cases, including 11 dead, of a rare and deadly fungal or asperigillus meningitis in several states arising from the...
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PRWeb
| 7 months ago
Arizona Pain Specialists, the premier pain management center in the Phoenix area, remains safe from exposure to the national outbreak of meningitis. October 10, 2012 Arizona Pain Specialists (arizonapain.com), the elite comprehensive pain management...
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PRWeb
| 7 months ago
Eleven deaths and 119 infections are attributed to a contaminated batch of methylprednisolone distributed by New England Compounding Center of Framinham, Mass. October 10, 2012 Eleven people are dead, 119 infected and 13,000 more are potentially...
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News Press
| 7 months ago
Written by News Service of Florida Filed Under A 70-year-old Florida man died earlier this year because of a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated medications used for epidural back injections, according to the state Department of Health.
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Florida officials confirmed Wednesday an elderly man is the 12th U.S. fatality from non-contagious fungal meningitis linked to injections of a tainted steroid. "We continue to be vigilant in our efforts to protect the health and safety of Floridians,"...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
Recall Operations Center in order to properly remove its products from circulation, according to a press release from the company...The company said in its press release it is working closely with these agencies to determine the source of infection...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Flickr via Creative Commons/zaldylmg) Officials think that as many as 13,000 people were exposed to the three lots of contaminated compound implicated in the outbreak. However, the majority of these 13,000 will not become sick, U.S. Centers for...
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NY Daily News
| 7 months ago
Florida governor accidentally gives out phone sex number instead of meningitis hotline Rick Scott, Florida's governor, meant to give out the toll-free number for a state meningitis hotline but instead told the public to call a hotline of a different...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
House Committee on Energy and Commerce has requested briefings this week by representatives of the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has claimed at least 12 lives and...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The outbreak of a rare form of meningitis is prompting some doctors to rethink their use of a specialized type of pharmacy that created steroid injections tied to 119 illnesses and 12 deaths. MedStar Health, a health-care...
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Consumer Reports Health Blog
| 7 months ago
The number is likely to rise, since approximately 13,000 patients in 75 clinics in 23 states are reported to have received injections with the contaminated steroid preparation to their joints and spine to treat pain and inflammation. Fortunately this...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
The number of people who have died in a national meningitis outbreak linked to injections with a contaminated drug rose to 11 on Tuesday as lawmakers called for a congressional inquiry into pharmacies of the kind that made the medicine and new laws...
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Boston Herald
| 8 months ago
Updated 1 hour ago Text size T he pharmacy owners whose Framingham facility has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak are operating a similar business at another Bay State location that had a drug recall in 2008, state and federal records show.
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PRWeb
| 8 months ago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased the number affected by the recent meningitis outbreak to 119 cases and 11 deaths. A steroid injection commonly used to relieve back pain using the drug methylprednisolone acetate has...
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Courier & Press
| 8 months ago
Evansville native Joe Dippel said if he ever experiences back pain to the magnitude he had in July after a train and luggage incident, he would not hesitate to receive a steroid injection like the one he had that is linked to causing an outbreak of a...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
October 9, 2012 The New England Compounding Center is shown here on October 5, 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) More cases are expected to arise in the outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to contaminated...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Two Democratic lawmakers are calling for stricter federal oversight of compounding pharmacies in the wake a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated injections made by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy. Representatives Rosa DeLauro and...
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Health Business Blog
| 8 months ago
More than 10,000 have received these injections; some patients are still at risk of developing meningitis. Naturally, this has sparked scrutiny of compounding pharmacies and calls for greater regulation. Add me to the list of people calling for more...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters/Reuters A sign for pharmaceutical compounding company New England Compounding Center, a producer of the steroid methylprednisolone acetate, which has been linked to a rare form of meningitis that has so far killed 11 people.
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WebMD
| 8 months ago
So far, 119 people who got the shots have come down with fungal infections of the fluid surrounding their spinal cords and brains...The case count rises daily, as symptoms of fungal infection can take up to a month to appear, and there's often a...
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The Day
| 8 months ago
Department of Health Spokeswoman Dara Chadwick says 195 people were initially notified that they got a steroid from the New England Compounding Center. Officials have tied the outbreak to steroid shots for back pain...Chadwick says the Centers for...
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Newswise
| 8 months ago
The steroid manufacturer, the New England Compounding Center, has issued a recall while health officials determine how many people may have received the injections for back pain. Nine states have reported cases and 23 received the recalled product.
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The Steamboat Pilot
| 8 months ago
Steamboat Springs Colorado did not receive shipments of steroid medication linked to an outbreak of meningitis, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Individuals do not need to be concerned, said Brian Siegel, Medical Director...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
37 (AFP Photo / Joe Raedle) RT on A deadly meningitis outbreak that has left eight dead, 105 infected and up to 13,000 at risk is taking its toll across the US. With symptoms showing up weeks after exposure, many more patients are expected to get...
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Edgewater View
| 8 months ago
The Record A 70-year-old Cumberland County man has become New Jersey's first case of fungal meningitis related to contaminated medication that has sickened 105 and killed eight nationwide, health officials said. The man, who was not identified, is...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
We're trying to be very factual with the patients and give them reassurance and guidance." She said the clinic, which has offices in several suburbs, has made few public statements about the outbreak until now, deferring instead to the Minnesota...
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PRWeb
| 8 months ago
Attorney Fred Pritzker has been contacted by victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak and has begun an independent investigation. October 09, 2012 Attorney Fred Pritzker and his Bad Bug Law Team are investigating cases associated with a multi-state...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
As many as 13,000 patients across the US had steroid injections that may have been contaminated by a fungus linked to a rare form of meningitis that has killed eight people, federal officials said yesterday. The officials don't know how many of the...
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Boston Herald
| 8 months ago
Updated 2 hours ago Text size H ealth officials nationwide are bracing for a massive surge in fungal meningitis potentially tied to a Massachusetts company's steroid as authorities said yesterday 13,000 people received the suspect shot. We know (13,...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
The figure, the first estimate of how many people were injected with any of the 17,676 doses shipped around the country, is based on reports from state health departments and clinics that used the drug, methylprednisolone acetate. It was injected...
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The News & Observer
| 8 months ago
Neither of the two confirmed cases of fungal meningitis found in North Carolina as part of a national outbreak were among patients at an orthopedic clinic in Durham, state officials said Monday. Fungal meningitis can't be transmitted from one person...
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10 News
| 8 months ago
Amid the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis, one Eastlake doctor says he has had a spike in calls from patients concerned about the risks. Dr. Michael Verdolin, an interventional pain management specialist, demonstrated a spinal steroid...
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PRWeb
| 8 months ago
Florida injury lawyers at Steinger, Iscoe & Greene are alarmed at the number of people who contracted deadly meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections...October 08, 2012 Health officials blame tainted steroid injections for the...
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PRWeb
| 8 months ago
Dallas' Rasansky Law Firm is seeking those who have been affected by the recent shipment of tainted steroids. October 08, 2012 The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that 75 clinics in 23 states, including Texas,...
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Boston Herald
| 8 months ago
T he House chairman of the Massachusetts Legislature's Public Health Committee says lawmakers are keeping a close eye on the outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a steroid distributed by a Framingham pharmacy. State Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez says...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
New York The New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts. Photograph: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images More than 100 people have now been infected with a rare and deadly form of meningitis caused by contaminated steroid shots, health...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
U.S. health authorities scrambled on Monday to identify more cases of a rare form of meningitis, including enlisting local police to find people who might be infected by tainted steroid injections that have so far killed eight people. The U.S.
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CNN
| 8 months ago
The reported figure jumped by 27 people in one day, while the death toll remained at seven. Patients in nine states contracted the deadly meningitis after being injected in their spine with a preservative-free steroid called methylprednisolone...
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Salem News
| 8 months ago
All victims so far received spinal steroid shots for back pain, which is a highly common treatment option, but officials wonder and question of the victim list stops there. Officials report that as of Thursday, they realized that hundreds If not...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
A compounding pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak that has sickened 91 people in nine U.S. states said Sunday it had widened its recall of products...Massachusetts -- doing business as New England Compounding Center -- said out of an...
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MarketWatch
| 8 months ago
More than 90 people have contracted fungal meningitis linked to a steroid commonly used in back injections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said seven people have died from the disease, CBS News reported Sunday.
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
06 AFP Photo / Joe Raedle RT on A deadly meningitis outbreak has swept across parts of America, killing seven people and leaving 91 ill. The number of infections, caused by contaminated steroid injections, has more than doubled since Friday.
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
New York Dr Al DeMaria, Massachusetts state epidemiologist, answers questions regarding a meningitis outbreak linked to medicine from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy. Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP The number of people who have contracted a rare and...
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The Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products. The New England Compounding Center announced the recall on Saturday. The company said in a news release that the...
