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3:36 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

Another death in Michigan linked to the national meningitis outbreak

Credit Centers for Disease Control
The latest Centers for Disease Control map of the national fungal meningitis outbreak

Another death has been linked to a tainted steroid injection in Michigan.

The Centers for Disease Control says five people in Michigan have now died as part of a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to the tainted injections. A sixth person from Michigan died in Indiana.

Angela Minicuci is with the Michigan Department of Community Health. She says state health officials have made contact with almost all the 1927 people who received the injections at four Michigan clinics.

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