Saturday, October 27, 2012

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Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:02 PM PDT

FDA finds contaminants in drug linked to meningitis 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:02 PM PDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it found "greenish black foreign matter" and other contaminants in an injectable steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the heart of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak. It also found that vials from the same bin of the steroid contained what appeared to be a "white filamentous material," according to the report released by the FDA following inspections of the facility in October. ...
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Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:02 PM PDT
A sample of Cladosporium species, one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, Tennessee(Reuters) - Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ...
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Landmark Medicare settlement could change lives 
Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:56 AM PDT
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius and the FDA's Hamburg announce new tobacco package labelling, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in WashingtonCHICAGO (Reuters) - Glenda Jimmo has had a challenging life. Blind since the age of 19, the 76-year-old Bristol, Vermont, resident is confined to a wheelchair due to disabling conditions that include a below-the-knee amputation stemming from her diabetes. "But it's been an interesting, full life," she says. "I have four children." Now, she's lent her name to a class action lawsuit. Its settlement, announced this week, is expected to transform the way that Medicare covers long-term care. Jimmo requires regular skilled nursing services in her home for wound care and management of her condition. ...
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