Tag Archives: Meningitis

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  UVa. warns students about bacterial meningitis

  University of Virginia health officials are closely watching students who may have been infected by meningitis.
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  Students receive antibiotics after UVa. meningitis outbreak

  School officials said the infected student is recovering.
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  Update: Virginia still at two deaths due to national outbreak of meningitis

  The Centers for Disease control now says that only two people have died from fungal meningitis in Virginia.
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  Local hospitals purchased drugs from tainted meningitis facility

  There’s a local link to a nationwide Meningitis outbreak and three area health systems.
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  FDA lists hospitals, clinics that purchased drugs from pharmacy linked to meningitis outbreak

  More people may soon find out they were exposed to potentially contaminated medication.
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  MENINGITIS OUTBREAK: Va. man files suit against Ma. pharmacy

  An 80-year-old Roanoke man who claims he contracted fungal meningitis after receiving a tainted shot is suing a Massachusetts Pharmacy.
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  MENINGITIS OUTBREAK: Number of cases is now up to 214

  The outbreak has been linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy
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  FDA: More issues reported with drugs from Massachusetts facility

  The FDA reports more problems with drugs from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.
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  Woman sues over meningitis outbreak

  A Minnesota woman is suing a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company at the center of the deadly meningitis outbreak.
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  Latest numbers in meningitis outbreak; 170 ill and 14 dead

  Now officials say \that patients whose fungal tests are negative may still be at risk in a meningitis outbreak, as the fungus involved can be difficult to detect,
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  Student comes down with meningitis at Va. school

  Amelia County Public Schools sent a letter home to parents Wednesday to tell them about the discovery of the viral infection.
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  Meningitis outbreak highlights failed oversight efforts

  There are still no federal sterility guidelines for compounding pharmacies that make and distribute drugs all over the country.