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Meningitis update

By Karin McCay - email
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Meanwhile, the number of fatalities is still climbing from the contaminated steroid injections linked to fungal meningitis. The CDC now says a total of 297 patients have developed the disease and 23 have died. Although deadly, this form of meningitis is not contagious.

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