Just recently, there has been a meningitis outbreak in the New England area. It seems as though some kind of drug was infected with the disease and was used by patients all over the United States. However it seems as though the drug was actually made in a facility in Massachusetts and shipped out to other states. As of early Thursday morning five people have been killed by the disease. Health officials say that thousands of people who got the steroid injection in 25 different states could be at risk of contracting the disease. Doctors and medical clinics rushed to tell any patient that may have used the drug to go to the hospital for test to be done to see if they had it.
It is not exactly clear how the injections got tainted in the first place but the FDA is launching an investigation to find out. 35 people have actually contracted the disease and five of those 35 have died. Every person that has taken some kind of injection recently is urged to get tested to stop any possible outbreak that may occur. The FDA is nervous because they said the outbreak has just begun and has a possibility of spreading to hundreds or to thousands of people.
However, the good news is that if detected early enough the disease can be stopped and will not cause any harm. Even if the person does not find out early, there are still plenty of treatment options that are available if they actually have the disease. Hopefully, this outbreak will be stopped soon because it is creating a certain type of hysteria for some states.
-http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/03/us/ap-us-meningitis-outbreak.html?hp&_r=0
-http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/10/04/health-meningitis-outbreak-investigation-expands-to-our-area/?flv=1
- http://centralillinoisproud.com/fulltext?nxd_id=277532&flv=1
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