Meningitis Risk Spreads to 14,000 People Given Pain Shot
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About 14,000 people who received pain-relieving steroid shots may be at risk for meningitis because of a fungal contamination that has led to the deaths of 14 people, U.S. regulators said.
The fungus strain is “new territory” that has never before caused meningitis, Todd Weber, who is overseeing the federal probe for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters on a conference call yesterday. He said more than 12,000 of the patients have been informed of possible exposure.