Meningitis outbreak "nowhere near the end": health expert - Reuters

The GuardianMeningitis outbreak "nowhere near the end": health expertReutersFelix Baumgartner jumps out of the capsule over New Mexico. REUTERS/Jay Nemeth/ · Free fall to Earth. Felix Baumgartner jumps from a balloon near the edge of space, setting a record for the highest skydive and breaking the sound barrier in the process.The number of cases is now up to 214 with 15 deaths, according to the CDCCNN2 new drugs tied to fungal meningitis outbreakFox NewsFungal meningitis

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HPV vaccine won't make girls promiscuous, study finds - CBS News

The GuardianHPV vaccine won't make girls promiscuous, study findsCBS NewsCHICAGO Shots that protect against cervical cancer do not make girls promiscuous, according to the first study to compare medical records for vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. The researchers didn't ask girls about having sex, but instead looked at ...HPV Vaccine Doesn't Lead To Promiscuous TweensTIMEStudy: HPV vaccine does not encourage sexual activityCNN (blog)HPV Shot Doesn't Encourage Sexual Activity

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At CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak - WPEC

ABC NewsAt CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreakWPEC(Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated.) By KATE BRUMBACK AP ATLANTA (AP) -- At the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dozens of people are working day and night to bring a meningitis outbreak under control.Another Death Reported in Meningitis OutbreakNew York TimesCompany linked to meningitis scare besieged as deaths riseReutersUS fungal meningitis toll rises to 15BBC NewsABC News -10TVall 465 news

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Michigan looks to yank license of company linked to meningitis outbreak - Detroit Free Press

CBC.caMichigan looks to yank license of company linked to meningitis outbreakDetroit Free PressGov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette asked Friday that the state immediately suspend the pharmacy license for the Massachusetts company that produced the steroid believed to be responsible for three meningitis deaths in Michigan.Head of Mass. pharmacy board summoned in meningitis probeModernHealthcare.comCongress widens scrutiny of meningitis outbreakReutersMeningitis Outbreak 2012:

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Legal recriminations begin over major US meningitis outbreak - Reuters

New York Daily NewsLegal recriminations begin over major US meningitis outbreakReutersBy David Bailey | MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - One of the nearly 14000 patients given potentially tainted injections of pain medicine sued the maker of the treatment in what may be the first of a wave of lawsuits over a deadly US meningitis outbreak that ...Meningitis Roundup: AG Involved; Assigning Blame; First Suit Filed; Brown ...WBUROfficials say they lacked authority over pharmacy involved in meningitis

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Home > Health > More Strokes Occuring in Young and Middle-Aged People - U.S. News & World Report

Sky News AustraliaHome > Health > More Strokes Occuring in Young and Middle-Aged PeopleU.S. News & World ReportBy Laura McMullen More young people today suffer from strokes than in the 1990s, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Neurology. In 1993 and 1994, researchers found that people ages 20 to 54 accounted for nearly 13 percent of stroke ...Why are more young Americans having strokes?The Week MagazineStrokes in young people 'rising'BBC NewsStrokes increasing

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Calls for oversight grow as meningitis death toll mounts - Reuters

ABC NewsCalls for oversight grow as meningitis death toll mountsReutersBy Tim Ghianni | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The toll from the outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to contaminated steroid shots that has killed 12 people in the United States was expected to grow on Wednesday, raising pressure for stricter ...CDC: 12 Indiana meningitis cases tied to steroidTerre Haute Tribune StarCompounding Problems at Pharmacies – Time For a Product Serialization Solution?Spend MattersNo Oregon

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