Meningitis
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Bacterial meningitis vaccines recommended by D.C. clinic
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Washington's Whitman-Walker Clinic is recommending that all gay and bisexual men in the D.C. area be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, the organization says on its website.
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Mischa Dorr-Ames dies from bacterial meningitis
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The assistant principal of the Accokeek Lower Academy in Maryland died after contracting bacterial meningitis.
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Maryland meningitis outbreak: State waited one week before notification
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State epidemiologist David Blythe said in an interview this week that officials delayed notifying the entire state in order to gather and present as much information as possible.
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Insight Imaging lied to patients in meningitis outbreak, lawsuit claims
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A $25 million lawsuit claims that Roanoke-based Insight Imaging misrepresented the steroid by telling patients there were getting a safe, name-brand drug instead of a generic substitute.
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Glen Burnie High School student dies from symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis
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A junior at Glen Burnie High School died Tuesday from symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis, school officials wrote in a letter to parents.
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Meningitis outbreak: Maryland reports second death
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Nationwide, there have been 590 cases of fungal meningitis in 19 states. The outbreak is linked to steroid shots for back pain made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts.
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Fungal meningitis death reported in Maryland
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there has been another death in Maryland from fungal meningitis related to recalled medications.
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Meningitis outbreak: Head of FDA to testify at congressional hearing
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More than 400 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty nine people have died.
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Meningitis outbreak: 89 Maryland hospitals linked to tainted drug pharmacy
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The Food and Drug Administration has released a new list that names 89 hospitals in Maryland that bought drugs from a pharmacy linked to a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak.
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Meningitis outbreak: Bacteria, mold found in Mass. pharmacy
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Inspectors say they found green, yellow and red growths, water droplets and other potential contaminants in a room used to mix and seal specially formulated medicines.
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Meningitis update: Suspected meningitis cases rise in Va.
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The number of suspected meningitis cases in Virginia linked to a tainted steroid has risen to 41.
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Va. health officials report 2nd meningitis death
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Virginia Department of Health spokesman Matthew Lipani said Tuesday night the latest death involved an adult who lived in southwestern Virginia.
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New England Compounding Center may have other tainted drugs
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Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company.
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Maryland reports 14th, 15th cases of meningitis linked to shot
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The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 197 illnesses and 15 deaths in 13 states. The total number of cases, as of Saturday, stood at 15 in Maryland, with one death.
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Meningitis update: Virginia reports 33 cases
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The 33 suspected meningitis cases, including three West Virginians who sought treatment in Virginia, are among 689 patients who received injections of a possibly tainted batch of steroids typically used to relieve back pain.
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Meningitis outbreak: 170 cases now reported, 14 deaths
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At least 170 people now have been sickened in the meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid shots, and 14 of them have died, including one in Maryland. ABC7 talks with one of the Maryland patients who is now recovering.
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New England Compounding Center at heart of previous meningitis lawsuit
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Allegations of a fatal shot tainted with a different form of meningitis were at the heart of a lawsuit filed against the company at the heart of the Meningitis outbreak.
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Meningitis outbreak: Cases rise in Md., Va.
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Virginia health officials said Tuesday 689 people received back pain shots at two clinics - one in Roanoke, the other in Christiansburg. Officials are still attempting to reach out to everyone who received the possibly tainted shots.
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