Articles tagged: fungal meningitis
Michigan grand jury to investigate deadly meningitis outbreak
Posted: Apr 19, 2013The Michigan appeals court has approved a request for a grand jury to investigate a company linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak. Read more »
Livingston man is 19th death reported in Michigan linked to steroids
Posted: Apr 17, 2013State health officials say an 87-year-old Livingston County man is the 19th person from Michigan to die as a result of contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Michigan hit the hardest by fungal meningitis outbreak
Posted: Apr 01, 2013A national outbreak of fungal meningitis that baffled doctors and patients alike hit Michigan residents the hardest, according to media reports. Read more »
Michigan attorney general seeks criminal probe of meningitis deaths
Posted: Mar 26, 2013Michigan's attorney general is seeking a criminal investigation into the deaths of 17 residents from contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. Read more »
17th death reported in Michigan linked to steroids
Posted: Mar 11, 2013This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
CBS' 60 Minutes to feature St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Sunday episode on fungal meningitis outbreak
Posted: Mar 09, 2013St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township will be featured in an episode of CBS’ 60 Minutes this Sunday as a part of an investigative series into a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. Read more »
88-year-old Washtenaw County woman latest meningitis death in Michigan
Posted: Jan 15, 2013This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
THE ANN: Fungal meningitis outbreak puzzling for Ann Arbor hospitals, patients
Posted: Jan 04, 2013A deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by doses of contaminated injectable steroids that doctors unknowingly administered to about 14,000 patients across the country hit extremely close to home for many individuals in Washtenaw County, ... Read more »
87-year-old Washtenaw County woman latest Michigan death in fungal meningitis outbreak
Posted: Jan 03, 2013An 87-year-old Washtenaw County woman who died Dec. 30 is the 14th Michigan resident to die in a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with injectable steroid shots, state officials confirmed Thursday. Read more »
MLIVE.COM: Michigan fungal meningitis lawsuits on hold as New England pharmaceutical company files for Chapter 11
Posted: Dec 28, 2012Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:35 p.m. with information from the University of Michigan Health System. Nearly three dozen lawsuits filed in Michigan against a New England pharmaceutical company are on hold as ... Read more »
Health care provider IHA adds five infectious disease specialists to its network after a year of expansion
Posted: Dec 13, 2012Health care provider IHA has integrated its first infectious disease specialists to its network, officials announced Thursday. Read more »
Michigan cases tied to meningitis outbreak hit 214
Posted: Dec 09, 2012A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids has affected at least 214 people in Michigan, an increase in 17 in a week. Read more »
Fungal meningitis update: Epidural abscesses contribute to challenges of outbreak
Posted: Nov 24, 2012Adding to the challenge of caring for the largest patient population in the country with fungal meningitis, staff at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor also are seeing a number of previously discharged patients returning to ... Read more »
Treating Michigan's fungal meningitis patients: Ann Arbor hospital opens new ward, brings in nurses
Posted: Nov 18, 2012As Michigan patients continue to arrive in emergency rooms with symptoms of fungal meningitis, the staff at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital located just east of Ann Arbor has been working tirelessly to accommodate a constantly fluctuating patient population for more than a month. Read more »
Howell man with meningitis released from St. Joe in Ann Arbor
Posted: Oct 31, 2012A Michigan man whose wife died in the national meningitis outbreak has been released from a hospital where he was treated for the same illness. Read more »
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