Meningitis
Officials Confirm 11th Fungal Meningitis Case
Minnesota health officials have confirmed another case of fungal meningitis in a national outbreak linked to steroid shots for back pain made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. That brings the number of Minnesota cases to 11.
Minnesota Records 10th Fungal Meningitis Case
Minnesota has confirmed its 10th case of fungal meningitis as part of a national outbreak tied to tainted steroids from a Massachusetts pharmacy. The initial announcement from the Minnesota Department of Health on Tuesday did not give details about the patient.
Feds Cut Number Of MN Clinics That Got NECC Drugs
The federal government now says 111 Minnesota clinics received drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak. That’s 18 fewer clinics than state officials reported last week after receiving a different provider list, and they don’t know why the number changed.
Feds Cut Number Of MN Clinics That Got NECC Drugs
The federal government now says 111 Minnesota clinics received drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak. That’s 18 fewer clinics than state officials reported last week after receiving a different provider list, and they don’t know why the number changed.
List: MN Clinics Who Received Potentially Contanimated Drugs
Here is a complete list of clinics in Minnesota that received potentially contaminated drugs from the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass.
Minnesota Reports 9th Fungal Meningitis Case
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting the state’s ninth confirmed case of fungal meningitis in a national outbreak tied to tainted steroids.
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 been recalled.
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.
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 Thursday.
129 MN Clinics Received Injectable Drugs From NECC
Even more people may be at risk of getting meningitis than initially thought. The FDA is warning that a second steroid is now linked to fungal meningitis.
5th Case Of Meningitis Reported In Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health says the number of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in the state linked to tainted steroids has risen to five.
State: Fourth Minnesota Resident Has Meningitis
There is a fourth Minnesota resident who has meningitis linked to tainted steroids. The Minnesota Department of Health announced the fourth case Saturday.
CDC: Meningitis Cases Reach 170, 14 People Die
The government says 170 people now have been sickened in the meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid shots, and 14 of them have died. Idaho becomes the 11th state to report at least one illness.
Suit: Firm Provided Tainted Meds In 2002, Man Died
Long before the current rash of fungal meningitis, the compounding pharmacy suspected in the outbreak settled a lawsuit alleging it produced a tainted shot that caused a man’s death in 2004.
MN Woman Suffers Stroke-Like Symptoms After Contaminated Injection
The State of Minnesota has scaled down the number of Minnesotans who received contaminated steroid injections that have been linked to a deadly nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis.
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