Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that is spread by the borrelia burgdorferi bacteria in tick insect bites. Once infected, the victim will suffer the consequences in multiple stages that stretch from the first bite to the spread of Lyme antibodies within the blood, and these telltale symptoms.
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An unfortunate occurrence of a meningitis outbreak has led to 39 deaths and hundreds of illnesses. The pharmacy that has been linked to the outbreak is blaming a cleaning contractor. The cleaning company UniFirst Corp. was contracted to clean the facility once a month. The pharmacy known as The New England Compounding Centre (NECC) has […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an update on the recent New England Compounding Center recalled drugs. Further testing with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified additional contaminants. This recall is in association with the fungal meningitis outbreak, which sickened 490 people and killed 34. The previous recall was on […]
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The recent meningitis outbreak in the United States has claimed another victim. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has put the death toll at 31, and the outbreak rate at 414 infected people. There are additional patients who have developed joint infections and related abscesses. The meningitis outbreak was caused by injectable steroid shots being […]
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The recent meningitis outbreak is the cause of a rare secondary illness called an epidural abscess. The meningitis drug was contaminated with a fungus, and this fungus is present in the new infections. Over 400 people in the United States were made sick from the contaminated drug. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan has had […]
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The possible origin of the meningitis outbreak has been found. The specialty pharmacy that produced the vaccines was found to be possibly not sterile. The Food and Drug Administration is completing an ongoing investigation into the pharmacy. Since January there have been four dozen reports of possible contamination in the laboratory. While the reports were filed, […]
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