Politics & Government
Four More Contract Meningitis in National Outbreak
Four in New Hampshire have now contracted the fungal meningitis linked to steroids from a Framingham pharmacy.
Add four patients to the total of people who have contracted fungal meningitis linked to steroids distributed from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, according to the Boston Herald.
The four, who are from New Hampshire, are between the ages of 40 and 60, and being monitored and receiving medical care.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 people died and 197 have gotten sick in 13 states from the steroids.
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