Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Center for Disease Control said Ohio marked its first fungal meningitis and Michigan its 14th death, related to tainted steroids produced at Framingham-based New England Compounding Center.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control said 50 people have now died, including the first first death in Ohio, in connection with a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroid injections produced at Framingham-based New England Compounding Center. Michigan has recorded its 14th death. Tennessee and Michigan now both have 14 deaths. More than 700 people across America after being injected with a steroid pain medication produced at NECC in Framingham developed fungal meningitis, suffered strokes and were diagnosed with spinal and peripheral joint infections. Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired an investigation into the Waverly Street specialty pharmacy, that has since closed, surrendered its license, is being criminally investigated and faces …
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Outbreaks are earlier than normal in the area.
The Red Cross said there's still time for folks to get flu shots and be covered from what is considered to be a more active flu season. Here are some local options. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said flu outbreaks are high for this time of the season, with "widespread activity" in Massachusetts. How do you prevent the flu? According to the CDC, in addition to getting the vaccine, you can: How do you know if you have the virus? Symptoms include: high fever, severe body aches, headache, being extremely tired, sore throat, cough, runny or stuffy nose, and vomiting and/or diarrhea (which is more common in children). When should you call the doctor? According to the Red Cross, if you think you have the flu, your doctor should be …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Some patients are also developing an epidural abscess, which is a collection of pus between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine.
Some patients who received a tainted steroid injection from a Framingham specialty pharmacy are now dealing with a second illness, beyond the fungal meningitis. Some patients are also developing an epidural abscess, which is a collection of pus between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine, reports CNN. These abscesses have formed even while patients were taking powerful antifungal medicines, putting them back in the hospital for more treatment, often with surgery. "This is not typical for fungal disease," Dr. Tom Chiller, who serves as deputy chief of the CDC's Mycotic (fungal) Diseases Branch told CNN. While he and other health officials have been hearing about epidural abscesses since the …
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
As there is the possibility the tainted drugs could cause illness, federal health officials recommend doctors and other health care providers be alert for signs of fungal infection in patients who received these additional NECC medications.
As part of the ongoing investigation of the deadly, national outbreak of fungal meningitis the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been continuing to test products produced at Framingham-based New England Compounding Center. Monday, the two federal health agencies released a new report, which identified products beyond the original steroids, that contained fungi and bacteria. Federal health officials stressed there’s no evidence the new drugs have caused any additional outbreaks of fungal meningitis or any other illnesses. Nationally, 36 people have died and more than 510 infected with fungal meningitis linked to NECC. Monday, CDC and FDA said they have identified additional …
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Health officials said there are now 510 individuals infected with meningitis in 19 states, linked to Framingham-based specialty pharmacy New England Compounding Center.
National health officials announced a 36th individual has died related to the national meningitis outbreak. Framingham-based specialty pharmacy New England Compounding Center (NECC) has been linked to the deadly outbreak. Health officials said there are now 510 individuals infected with meningitis in 19 states. An Andover woman could bring the number to 20 states. All of the Waverly Street's company's products have been recalled and the company has been shut down. There have also been 14 cases of peripheral joint infection cases related to the meningitis outbreak. Earlier this month, two congressional hearings and one hearing at the Massachusetts statehouse was held on how this deadly outbreak could have happened. NECC owner Barry Cadden …
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
"it is hard to imagine that the (Massachusetts) Board (Of Registry in Phramacy) has not been fully apprised of both the manner and scale of the company’s operations," said New England Compounding Center's counsel in a statement.
Gov. Deval Patrick, in a press conference Tuesday, announced New England Compounding Center has had its pharmacy license permanently revoked and will be the subject of a federal criminal investigation. He said the Framingham company will never practice again in Massachusetts. The Framingham company has been at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak. Federal health officials say more than 300 people have been infected with fungal meningitis, in 17 states, and 23 are dead. Health officials have tied a steroid produced by the Waverly Street company to the fungal meningitis outbreak. Tuesday evening, NECC, through it's attorney, released a statement. "NECC has had a long standing practice of working closely and cooperatively with …
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Congressman Ed Markey told Framingham Patch a law is needed to ensure compounding pharmacies don't turn into compounding manufacturers.
Congressman Ed Markey (D-Malden), in Framingham Monday to celebrate the opening of a biomedical manufacturing plant, spoke a few minutes to Framingham Patch about the deadly meningitis outbreak, linked to tainted steroids produced at New England Compounding Center in Framingham. The Centers for Disease Control now says almost 300 people have been infected with fungal meningitis in 16 states, including 23 deaths. Markey, who represents Framingham, is the senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He said NECC fell into a "blackhole" between federal and state regulators and became a "compounding manufacturer" and not a compounding pharmacy.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Since the first death, lawsuits, in 6 states, have been filed against Framingham-based New England Compounding Center.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased it numbers in the deadly meningitis outbreak to 23 dead. The new deaths reported in Tennessee and North Carolina. The CDC said the outbreak, linked to tainted steroids produced at New England Compounding Center in Framingham, has reached 16 states with 284 cases, including 23 deaths. New England Compounding Center (NECC) recalled steroids tained with a fungus, in late September. Over Columbus Day weekend, NECC recalled all 1,200 of its products. For a list of all the products, click here. Last week, federal officials raided the Waverly Road specialty pharmacy. Since the first death, lawsuits, in 6 states, have been filed against NECC. NECC has suspended operations, and surrendered …
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
CDC and state health departments estimate that approximately 14,000 patients may have received injections from these tainted steroids.
UPDATED: 5:50 p.m. with statement from NECC *** The Center For Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration have confirmed the presence of a fungus known as Exserohilum rostratum, in unopened medication vials of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate from one of the three implicated lots from New England Compounding Center. The discovery came after a raid on the Framingham specialty pharmacy on Tuesday. The laboratory confirmation further links steroid injections from these lots from New England Compounding Center to the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and joint infections. Testing on the other two implicated lots of methylprednisolone acetate and other NECC injectables continues, said the FDA in a press release. "…
Lawsuits against New England Compounding Center has been filed in Minnesota, Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia.
In total, more than a half dozen lawsuits in six states have been filed against New England Compounding Center, which has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak in America. As of Wednesday, 19 people have died and almost 250 people have developed fungal meningitis after being injected with a steroid linked to NECC. Tuesday, a day when several of the lawsuits were filed, federal agents raided the Waverly Street specialty pharamcy. The company recalled more than 17,000 tainted steroids in September and Columbus Day weekend recalled evey product it makes. For a list of all 1,200 products click here. A Minnesota woman was the first to file a lawsuit, linked to the national fungal meningitis outbreak, against a specialty Framingham …
LittleRedFacedRonzio
2:34 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Who cares, I got paid. These so called victims need to quit whining. more ›