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Death Toll Rises As Fungal Meningitis Ravages The USA
By Jim Greene Outbreaks & Public Health News

Death Toll Rises As Fungal Meningitis Ravages The USA

The Center of Disease Control has located the source of the deadly fungal meningitis that killed 14 people to date and infected another 170. The fungus has been linked to a steroid shot produced by New England Compounding which had shipped the shots to 23 states. The shots which have been recalled by New England Compounding have […]

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Meningitis Outbreak in United States Linked to Steroid Shots
By Jim Greene Outbreaks & Public Health News

Meningitis Outbreak in United States Linked to Steroid Shots

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scrambling to identify how many of the steroid shots, that has already infected 105 people, are contaminated with these deadly fungus.  Almost 13,000 people have received the shots, but it is believed that only the ones who received the injections in their backs are at […]

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