States appear to be cracking down on compounding pharmacies nationwide, in the wake of a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections that were mixed by a Massachusetts pharmacy and…
The prominent consumer watchdog group Public Citizen is calling for an investigation into practices at the FDA that allowed a compounding pharmacy to cause a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak that…
Thousands of people throughout the United States may be in danger of contracting a life-threatening strain of fungal meningitis that has already killed eight people and sickened more than 100…
At least seven are confirmed dead and 91 have fallen ill with a form of fungal meningitis, which has been linked to epidural steroid injections distributed by a Massachusetts compounding…
Federal health officials are warning health care providers throughout the United States that they should not to use any drugs from the New England Compounding Center (NECC), as the number…
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has sickened at least 26 people in five states and left four dead, as authorities indicate the infections may have been caused by steroid injections…
The side effects of steroids could hinder brain development when given to premature infants, researchers have found.
Public Citizen, a prominent consumer watchdog group, is calling for new warnings about the risk of eye problems to be added to some classes of steroids, saying that side effects…
