Showing posts with label Meningitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meningitis. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Criminal Charges Filed In Fungal Meningitis Case

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  # 9456   In early October of 2012 we became aware of a growing medical crisis involving contaminated preservative-free MPA steroi...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

CDC Update & Infographic On Fungal Meningitis Case

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    # 7038   While not commanding the headlines that it did six months ago, the health impacts from last summer’s contaminated inj...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

NYC Updates MSM Meningitis Warning

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Credit NYC Department of Health   # 6989     Last October, in NYC: The Other Meningitis Outbreak , we looked at an early wa...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

CDC Update/HAN Message On Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

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Credit FDA   # 6980   Although the rate has slowed, nearly six months after the recall was announced (see CDC Updates On Fungal ...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

MMWR: Invasive Meningococcal Disease Among MSM In New York City

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Meningitis Cases in New York City Health department is recommending vaccination for certain men at high risk for meningitis. For the lat...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

CDC HAN Update On Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

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  Photo Credit FDA # 6796   While the number of new meningitis cases linked to contaminated steroid injectables produced by NEC...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Referral: McKenna On The Steroid-Linked Meningitis Outbreak

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CDC update 12/3/12   # 6762   Maryn McKenna , writing on her Superbug Blog this morning, has the details of a special briefin...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

CDC Update Of Fungal Meningitis Cases

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  # 6717   The CDC - which now issues updates on Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday - indicates that 23 new cases of fungal infectio...
Friday, November 02, 2012

CDC HAN Advisory: Additional NECC Products Found Contaminated

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# 6690     Last night the CDC – as part of their investigation into the multistate fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminat...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

CDC: Laboratory Test Results From Meningitis Outbreak

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    # 6687   Last night the CDC posted updated laboratory test results from patients - and un-opened vials of methylprednisolone ...
Friday, October 26, 2012

FDA Statement On Conditions Reported At NECC Facility

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  Photo Credit CDC     # 6669   The FDA has released a report citing the conditions they observed at the New England Compoundi...

CDC Fungal Meningitis Update – Oct. 26th

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# 6668   The CDC has posted Friday’s update on the number of cases, and deaths, associated with contaminated steroid injections p...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

CDC HAN Advisory & Updates On Fungal Meningitis

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  * 304 cases of fungal meningitis, stroke due to presumed fungal meningitis, or other central nervous system-related infection me...
Monday, October 22, 2012

CDC Fungal Meningitis Update – Oct 22nd

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# 6652   While there are no additions or changes to guidance documents posted on the CDC’s Meningitis website today, the CDC has up...
Friday, October 19, 2012

CDC Fungal Meningitis Update – Oct 19th

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  # 6648   The latest case counts have been posted by the CDC , and today they are reporting 14 additional cases , and another fata...