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October 10, 2012

CDC: 12 Indiana meningitis cases tied to steroid

No confirmed cases among local patients who received shot

Anonymous Associated Press Wed Oct 10, 2012, 10:20 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS — Federal health officials say Indiana now has 12 cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday on its website that another case had been added to the 11 known previously. There have been no Indiana deaths.

Indiana’s cases involve patients at six Indiana health facilities that received a recalled steroid produced by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts.

Wabash Valley Surgery Center in Terre Haute was one of those six facilities, and so far, no one who received the drug at that facility has presented with symptoms.

“We have nobody in Terre Haute who has contracted meningitis,” Union Hospital spokesperson Kim Perkins said this morning.

The number of cases nationwide continues to climb. CDC reported Tuesay that 119 cases have been confirmed nationwide in the outbreak that has claimed 11 lives.

The disease is not contagious.

 

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  Another free Dine with a Doc lunch event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 22 at the Wabash Senior Citizen’s Center, 300 S. Fifth St.

  May 15, 2013  

• Support Groups: May 15, 2013

  Cancer Friendship Group, featuring a journaling workshop with therapeutic writer Nia Klein, 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, conference room B, Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center; 217-465-2606, ext. 290.

  May 15, 2013  

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  May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and Monday was designated as Melanoma Monday to help raise awareness of melanoma and other skin cancers. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and affects more people than lung, breast, colon and prostate cancers combined.

  May 15, 2013  

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  The Paris Community Hospital Volunteers will sponsor a South Bend Chocolate Company sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 23 and 24 near the FMC rotunda entrance.

  May 15, 2013  

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  May 8, 2013  

• Support groups: May 8, 2013

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  May 8, 2013  

• Church to sponsor blood drive

  Trinity Lutheran Church is sponsoring a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday in Fellowship Hall at the church, 2620 Ohio Blvd.

  May 8, 2013  

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  May 8, 2013  

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  April 24, 2013  

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  April 24, 2013  

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  April 24, 2013  

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  April 24, 2013  

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  April 24, 2013  

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  April 18, 2013  

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  April 13, 2013  

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  March 6, 2013  

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  March 6, 2013  

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  February 20, 2013  

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  February 20, 2013  

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  February 6, 2013  

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