Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have promised to update federal regulations, namely with the Food and Drug Administration, that would bring pharmaceutical drug compounding labs under the agency's eye in the future in hopes of avoiding situations like the current deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis that's claimed 32 lives and sickened … [Read more...] about Senators promise action to prevent the next fungal meningitis outbreak

Federal health officials have drastically increased the amount of confirmed cases of fungal meningitis linked to the use of a contaminated vial of an epidural steroid drug injection. According to Reuters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this weekend updated the total number of cases confirmed in the outbreak of a … [Read more...] about Meningitis outbreak toll now at 205 sick, 14 dead