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Texas Among States With Drug Linked To Outbreak
EL PASO (AP) – Texas is among 23 states that received shipments of a steroid used to treat back pain but is now linked to a rare fungal meningitis outbreak. The outbreak has killed at least five and...
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North Texans Injected With Steroid Linked To Meningitis Outbreak
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas is among the dozens of states that received shipments of a steroid injection, used to relieve back pain, that have caused meningitis and stroke in patients across the...
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A Closer Look At Compounding Pharmacies
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) – A deadly meningitis outbreak linked to steroid shots has grown. 105 people have become sick. Eight people have died. Two North Dallas clinics received a back pain steroid:...
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Meningitis Case From Tainted Shot From Dallas Facility
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) - As the number of cases of people infected with meningitis due to steroid injections continues to grow, Texas has now joined the list of states of with infected patients. The...
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Drug Recall Could Rival 1980s Tylenol Scare
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that two other drugs made by the New England Compounding Center may now also be linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak. It has prompted...
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Meningitis Outbreak Expected To Spread
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A medical expert tells CBS 11 that the meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people so far is nowhere near its end. At this time, there’s only one confirmed case of fungal...
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FDA Pulls List Related To Meningitis Outbreak
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration admitted to making a big mistake Monday regarding the national meningitis scare and the company at the center of the deadly outbreak. The...
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Dallas Hospitals Reassure Patients Meds Are Safe
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Don’t worry. That’s the word from local healthcare officials after the government released a customer list for a pharmaceutical company at the center of a fatal meningitis...
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FDA Lists Customers Of Pharmacy Tied To Meningitis Outbreak
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Dozens of North Texas clinics and healthcare centers were customers of a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a nationwide meningitis outbreak. That’s according a new,...
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Exclusive: Woman Files First Lawsuit In Texas In Meningitis Outbreak
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Lori Cavanaugh has had four back surgeries to relieve her constant pain. But these days, she’s living under a cloud of mental anguish — worried she will get fungal meningitis....
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Report: FDA Wanted To Close Meningitis Outbreak Pharmacy In 2003
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according...
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Owner Of Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Takes Fifth
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The owner and director of the specialty pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak declined to testify Wednesday morning before a congressional committee investigating...
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