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US officials find new drugs tied to meningitis outbreak US health officials identified two new drugs Monday which may have infected patients with meningitis as they investigate a widening outbreak tied to tainted products from a Massachusetts pharmacy.

17 October 2012 13:04

US meningitis cases climb to 205 as outbreak worsens Fungal meningitis tied to a contaminated steroid has affected 205 people in a worsening outbreak of the infection that has killed 15 people in the United States.

16 October 2012 10:53

Contaminated drug linked to deadly US meningitis outbreak A contaminated drug has been linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis that has claimed the lives of at least five people and sickened 42 others in seven US states.

07 October 2012 14:27

US cases of West Nile virus soaring: CDC Infections and fatalities from West Nile virus have risen to new record levels in the United States in the first week of September.

06 September 2012 13:24

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