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Health
4:33 pm
Mon February 11, 2013

Another Michigan man dies from tainted steroid injections

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The Centers for Disease Control's status map of cases connected to the tainted steroid injection investigation
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A 73 year old man from Grand Traverse County is the latest Michigander to die in connection with a batch of tainted steroid injections.  

13 people in Michigan have now died.   Three more Michiganders have died in Indiana.

The steroid injections were given to relieve back pain.  But, the injection contained a fungal contamination. 

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6:02 pm
Sun February 3, 2013

2 new infections in Michigan from bad steroids

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan health officials have reported two more infections in the past two weeks linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.

The Michigan Department of Community Health says at least 246 people have been infected with illnesses including fungal meningitis that are part of a national disease outbreak. The steroids are used in injections to treat neck and back pain.

The department reports that at least 15 people have died in the outbreak, unchanged from two weeks ago.

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2:00 am
Fri January 25, 2013

'These people are murderers': The drug network behind a deadly outbreak (Part 2)

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Roughly 1,000 people in Michigan were injected with contaminated meds
Credit The Center for Disease Control and Prevention / www.cdc.gov
A recent tally of fungal meningitis cases. Michigan has a full third of all cases.
Credit Kate Wells / Michigan Radio News
Antita Baxter holds a photo of her mom, Karina. Karina died of fungal meningitis.
Credit Neuromuscual and Rehabilitation Associates of Northern Michigan / http://www.tc-rehab.com/our_team.php#stephen_andriese
Dr. Stephen Andriese, a pain clinic doctor in northern Michigan
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This is the second in a two-part series. Click here to hear part one.

More than 240 people in Michigan are sick with fungal meningitis after receiving contaminated back pain injections. 

Now, the victims want justice. They’ve spent weeks in the hospital, racking up massive medical bills.

Those are the lucky ones: 15 Michiganders have died so far in this epidemic.

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11:06 am
Thu January 24, 2013

Michigan doctors saving lives in fungal meningitis outbreak (Part 1)

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Anita Baxter holds a photo of her mom, Karina Baxter. Karina died of a stroke related to fungal meningitis
Credit Center for Disease Contorl / http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-facilities-map.html
A recent tally of state-by-state cases of fungal meningitis; Michigan has a full third of all cases
Credit St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor / http://www.stjoesannarbor.org/fungaloutbreak
Dr. David Vandenberg, part of the fungal meningitis team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor
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This is the first in a two-part series. Click here to hear part two.

Fifteen people from Michigan have died from fungal meningitis, more than in any other state.

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5:44 pm
Sun January 20, 2013

3 new infections in Michigan from bad steroids

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CDC scientist Naureen Iqbal reads results of antifungal drug susceptibility testing during the multistate meningitis outbreak.
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By Associated Press

Michigan health officials have reported three more infections in the past week linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.

The Michigan Department of Community Health says at least 244 people have been infected with illnesses including fungal meningitis that are part of a national disease outbreak. The steroids are used in injections to treat neck and back pain.

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3:33 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Another death in Michigan linked to tainted steriod injections

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Michigan health officials have confirmed an 11th death in the state linked to tainted steroid injections.

The steroid injections were intended to relieve back pain. But the steroids were contaminated.

Angela Minicuci is with the Department of Community Health.

She says the 87 year old Washtenaw County woman who died December 30th was being treated for an epidural abscess.

Minicuci says abscesses have been the most diagnosed ailment related to the tainted steroid investigation.

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