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• States Crack Down on Compound Pharmacies Amid Meningitis Outbreak

  October 31, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  States appear to be cracking down on compounding pharmacies nationwide, in the wake of a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated...

• Public Citizen Calls for Probe of FDA Over Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

  October 25, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  The prominent consumer watchdog group Public Citizen is calling for an investigation into practices at the FDA that allowed a...

• Recalled Epidural Steroid Injection Linked to Meningitis Given to Thousands

  October 9, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  Thousands of people throughout the United States may be in danger of contracting a life-threatening strain of fungal meningitis that...

• Meningitis Cases Diagnosed Following Epidural Injections Rises

  October 8, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  At least seven are confirmed dead and 91 have fallen ill with a form of fungal meningitis, which has been...

• Steroid Injections Recalled Following Meningitis Outbreak, Deaths

  October 5, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  Federal health officials are warning health care providers throughout the United States that they should not to use any drugs...

• Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Steroid Injections for Back Pain

  October 4, 2012

  Martha Garcia

  An outbreak of fungal meningitis has sickened at least 26 people in five states and left four dead, as authorities...

• Steroids May Impair Premature Babies’ Brain Development: Study

  October 27, 2011

  Staff Writers

  The side effects of steroids could hinder brain development when given to premature infants, researchers have found. 

• Prednisone and Glucocorticosteroids Need Eye Injury Warnings: Report

  August 3, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Public Citizen, a prominent consumer watchdog group, is calling for new warnings about the risk of eye problems to be...