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14th meningitis case reported in Maryland
Health officials confirmed a 14th fungal meningitis case in Maryland on Friday as an outbreak of the disease continues to spread across the country. Confirmed meningitis cases reached 184 nationwide. They are thought to stem from three batches of...Tags: Steroids, Bones and Joints, Arthritis
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Four new meningitis cases in Maryland
Four more Marylanders have developed fungal meningitis after receiving a steriod injection for back pain as a national outbreak has grown to 170 victims in several states.
In Maryland, 13 people have been diagnosed with the rare disease and 1,500 could...Tags: Back Pain, Diseases and Illnesses
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Md. specialty pharmacies seek distance from meningitis outbreak
Technicians at the Cape Apothecary compounding pharmacy in Annapolis spend their days mixing drugs that are no longer sold commercially or creating specialized batches of medicine for patients such as children who can't handle the normal dose.
Federal...Tags: Annapolis, Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Back Pain
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday
WEATHER: Cloudy early in the day, then mostly sunny with a high near 71. Wednesday night is expected to be mostly clear, with a low around 48. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning’s issues. TOP NEWS No charges against city officer...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees, ABC (tv network), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Hand, foot and mouth disease common in children
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common ailment often picked up by children in day care. While it may make for a cranky child, Dr. Benjamin N. Lockshin, a Silver Spring dermatologist who also teaches at Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Schools, Preschools, Back Pain, Dermatology
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Two more meningitis cases in Maryland
Maryland health officials said Monday that two more patients have developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection for back pain in an outbreak that has hit nearly two dozen states. Both patients are alive, but no additional...Tags: Towson, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Back Pain, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Steroids
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Two more in Md. diagnosed with meningitis
Maryland health officials said Monday that two more people in the state have developed meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain, as an outbreak that has afflicted 105 people nationwide continues to grow. Five people in Maryland have...Tags: Physical Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Back Pain, Viral Diseases and Infections
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NIH superbug outbreak a warning for local hospitals
Much of Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Jason Farley's recent research has focused on an evolving medical crisis: How to stop the spread of bacteria that have adapted immunity to most antibiotics. To stop it the medical community needs to track it. He's...
Tags: Medical Research, Tuberculosis, Johns Hopkins University, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School
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Third meningitis case reported in Maryland
Maryland health officials on Saturday announced a third patient has developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection in September. More cases were found across the country, bringing the total to more than 60. The person is alive, but...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Headaches, Health Organizations, Product Recalls, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Maryland clinics respond to meningitis outbreak
As attention from a multistate outbreak of meningitis centered on a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy on Thursday, Maryland clinics reached out to hundreds of patients who may have received injections of the steroid linked to the cases. The outbreak has...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Headaches, Harford County, Towson, Hospitals and Clinics
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Maryland braces for more meningitis cases
Maryland could see new cases of meningitis for a month or more as health officials continue to search for new and past cases of the disease, which has sickened 50 people in several states who received injections of a tainted steroid. In the cases...
Tags: Towson, Hospitals and Clinics, Back Pain, Steroids, Viral Diseases and Infections
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