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FDA Finds Safety Problems at Specialty Pharmacies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent...
Meningitis Mess
For what's normally a rare infection, fungal meningitis has been getting a lot of attention of late--and with good reason. In the past few weeks, health...
Company Responsible for Meningitis Outbreak Had History of Problems
New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak. The...
5 Things You Need to Know About Fungal Meningitis
In its most recent tally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms 105 cases of rare fungal meningitis and eight deaths in patients who...
Meningitis Cases Rise in Outbreak Linked to Tainted Steroid Shots
More than two weeks after the first reports emerged of meningitis cases linked to tainted painkiller injections, health officials at the Centers for Disease...
Hot Line Indeed: Florida Governor Accidentally Gives Number for Phone Sex Line Instead of Meningitis Line
He got nine out of ten digits right, but there's no credit for being almost correct in this case.
Meningitis Outbreak in 5 States Traced to Steroid Injections
A meningitis outbreak has killed four people and left at least 30 others sick.
Meningitis Outbreak: Steroid Shots Highlight Dangers of Compounding Pharmacies
Health officials are hunting for the source of a meningitis outbreak among dozens of people who received steroid injections to treat back pain. So far, 35 people...
A New Meningitis Vaccine on the Horizon
Bacterial meningitis is a nasty thing to catch. The disease may hit only about 1,500 Americans per year, but those who fall victim may suffer brain damage,...
New Meningitis Vaccine: A Model for the Developing World
Correction Appended: December 7, 2010All vaccines are designed to save lives, a lesson the people of Africa will learn anew on Monday when a new meningitis A...
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For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar
One doctor is going to the front lines in the battle against a new strain of bacterial meningitis affecting New York's gay community. ...
The drug in fungal meningitis cases is hard to make and unusually dangerous when...
The drug that has caused 696 fungal infections and 45 deaths over the last six months is not one you want sloppy amateurs making. A long-lasting anti-inflammatory, it is...
After Meningitis Case in Los Angeles, Gay Activists Urge Vigilance
A West Hollywood lawyer was declared brain dead just days after friends described him as fit and healthy, raising fears of an outbreak like one in New York that killed 7. ...
Meningitis Spreading Via Anonymous Sex in NYC
New York City health officials are urging some men to get vaccinated against meningitis ... The dangerous strain of bacterial meningitis appears to be spreading through sexual...
