Articles tagged: meningitis
Michigan grand jury to investigate deadly meningitis outbreak
Posted: Apr 19, 2013The Michigan appeals court has approved a request for a grand jury to investigate a company linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak. Read more »
Livingston man is 19th death reported in Michigan linked to steroids
Posted: Apr 17, 2013State health officials say an 87-year-old Livingston County man is the 19th person from Michigan to die as a result of contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. Read more »
Michigan attorney general seeks criminal probe of meningitis deaths
Posted: Mar 26, 2013Michigan's attorney general is seeking a criminal investigation into the deaths of 17 residents from contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. Read more »
THE ANN: Fungal meningitis outbreak puzzling for Ann Arbor hospitals, patients
Posted: Jan 04, 2013A deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by doses of contaminated injectable steroids that doctors unknowingly administered to about 14,000 patients across the country hit extremely close to home for many individuals in Washtenaw County, ... Read more »
87-year-old Washtenaw County woman latest Michigan death in fungal meningitis outbreak
Posted: Jan 03, 2013An 87-year-old Washtenaw County woman who died Dec. 30 is the 14th Michigan resident to die in a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with injectable steroid shots, state officials confirmed Thursday. Read more »
MLIVE.COM: Michigan fungal meningitis lawsuits on hold as New England pharmaceutical company files for Chapter 11
Posted: Dec 28, 2012Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:35 p.m. with information from the University of Michigan Health System. Nearly three dozen lawsuits filed in Michigan against a New England pharmaceutical company are on hold as ... Read more »
Michigan cases tied to meningitis outbreak hit 214
Posted: Dec 09, 2012A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids has affected at least 214 people in Michigan, an increase in 17 in a week. Read more »
Fungal meningitis update: Epidural abscesses contribute to challenges of outbreak
Posted: Nov 24, 2012Adding to the challenge of caring for the largest patient population in the country with fungal meningitis, staff at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor also are seeing a number of previously discharged patients returning to ... Read more »
Michigan meningitis death toll rises to 13
Posted: Nov 22, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Treating Michigan's fungal meningitis patients: Ann Arbor hospital opens new ward, brings in nurses
Posted: Nov 18, 2012As Michigan patients continue to arrive in emergency rooms with symptoms of fungal meningitis, the staff at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital located just east of Ann Arbor has been working tirelessly to accommodate a constantly fluctuating patient population for more than a month. Read more »
Michigan allows Ann Arbor hospital to add equipment to treat patients from meningitis outbreak
Posted: Nov 17, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Howell man with meningitis released from St. Joe in Ann Arbor
Posted: Oct 31, 2012A Michigan man whose wife died in the national meningitis outbreak has been released from a hospital where he was treated for the same illness. Read more »
Meningitis update: 2 more Michigan residents die
Posted: Oct 31, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Meningitis update: Livingston County man whose wife died among cases at St. Joe in Ann Arbor
Posted: Oct 24, 2012A Livingston County man whose wife died of fungal meningitis is among patients being treated at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital for the disease, hospital officials confirmed Wednesday. George Cary, 65, of Howell is ... Read more »
Livingston County man whose wife died has meningitis
Posted: Oct 24, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
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