More than 100 people have been sickened by hand, foot and mouth disease at one of Johns Hopkins University's four Baltimore campuses.
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Read More »October 23, 2018 Comments Off on Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak hits Johns Hopkins
More than 100 people have been sickened by hand, foot and mouth disease at one of Johns Hopkins University's four Baltimore campuses.
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Read More »February 9, 2015 Comments Off on Baltimore experts urge widespread measles vaccination
In the wake of the Disneyland measles outbreak, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen is urging all parents to vaccinate their children against measles and other preventable diseases.
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Read More »October 9, 2014 Comments Off on Ebola preparations ratcheted up at Md. facilities
January 30, 2013 Comments Off on Md. waited to alert public on meningitis
WASHINGTON — Maryland health officials who learned of a potential link between a spinal steroid shot and cases of fungal meningitis waited nearly a week before alerting the general public. State epidemiologist David Blythe said in an interview this week ...
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Read More »January 4, 2013 Comments Off on Mass. meningitis pharmacy blames cleaning company
BOSTON — The Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak that’s led to 39 deaths and hundreds of illnesses is placing blame on a cleaning contractor. The New England Compounding Center has sent a letter to UniFirst Corp., ...
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Read More »November 14, 2012 Comments Off on Republicans grill FDA chief on meningitis outbreak
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers challenged the country’s top medical regulator Wednesday to explain why her agency did not take action sooner against the specialty pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg ...
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Read More »October 30, 2012 Comments Off on Meningitis outbreak toll: 363 cases, 28 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled. Latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Illnesses: 363, including seven ...
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Read More »October 26, 2012 Comments Off on FDA: Mold, bacteria at pharmacy tied to outbreak
WASHINGTON — Federal health inspectors say staffers at a pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak over the past year documented dozens of cases of mold and bacteria growing in rooms that were supposed to be sterile. The Food and Drug ...
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Read More »October 4, 2012 Comments Off on What lurks in what you eat
May 11, 2012 Comments Off on Officials: Maryland company distributed tainted starter
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Officials say a Maryland company distributed an ingredient that triggered a salmonella outbreak that’s made almost 60 Buncombe County residents sick. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the state Department of Health and Human Services confirms that a culture ...
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