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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections has now been expanded to 15 states after Pennsylvania reported the first case on Monday, according to a Reuters report. At least nine new infections have been linked to the contaminated drug made by the same pharmaceutical responsible for 15 deaths and 205 previous cases of fungal meningitis, now expanding the list to 214. Of the new reported cases, two were...

The medical malpractice lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. are actively investigating the legal rights of patients who have been injured or died due to the meningitis outbreak due to steroid injections. Call now at (800) 606-1717 for a free legal consultation. Southfield, Michigan (PRWEB) October 16, 2012 The recent outbreak of meningitis of patients infected by steroid injections has caused a significant number of injuries and deaths throughout the United States. Our Michigan...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health today reported the first case of fungal meningitis in Pennsylvania linked to the national outbreak from contaminated medication produced by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. The patient, who received an epidural steroid injection in July 2012, was identified as part of ongoing record review and patient follow-up performed by the department at Allegheny Pain Management in...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As more and more information comes to light regarding the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis, state and federal health officials as well as health experts debate the use of epidural steroid shots. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an additional two people have been identified as having died due to fungal meningitis connected to the steroid injections. The current death total is 14 since the...

LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The unprecedented spread of meningitis associated with steroid injections manufactured by an unregulated compound pharmacy is having dire consequences that can be expected to get worse before the contaminated supply is depleted. Nationwide more than 100 have contacted fungal meningitis with eight dead and more than 17,000 exposed. In Michigan alone there are more than 20 cases of meningitis cases related to steroid injections with two...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The D'Arcy Johnson Day law firm is investigating a link between spinal injections of methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid used to treat back pain, and a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 119 patients in 10 states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis, and 11 have died from the disease as of this afternoon. All of the affected...

Attorney Ben Cochran of Hardison & Cochran, Attorneys at Law, points out that North Carolina is one of nine states where the CDC reports meningitis cases linked to a Massachusetts pharmacy’s recalled steroid shots. Raleigh, N.C. (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 With at least two cases of fungal meningitis in North Carolina linked to a contaminated supply of steroid injections, Raleigh dangerous drug lawyer Ben Cochran urged any back pain patients recently treated with steroid shots to...

Dallas' Rasansky Law Firm is seeking those who have been affected by the recent shipment of tainted steroids. According to Centers for Disease Control and the Associated Press, steroids were contaminated by meningitis and have led to at least seven deaths and 91 cases of illness. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that 75 clinics in 23 states, including Texas, were shipped tainted steroids used to treat back pain....

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Doctors are debating the use of epidural steroid injections to relieve back pain in the wake of a fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed five people and caused at least 40 others to fall ill after receiving the shots. According to AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, hundreds, possibly thousands, of patients across 23 states are being told to be on the lookout for symptoms associated with the infection, which may have been...

BOSTON, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid increasing concern over reports of several meningitis-related deaths from the use of a steroid drug distributed by New England Compounding Center, a Framingham, Massachusetts based pharmacy, Attorney Michael S. Appel at Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen is actively looking into potential claims of individuals who have been harmed by the contaminated drug. Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, a leading Boston-based trial firm, is...