Tainted Steroid Drugs Caused Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Name: Tainted Steroid Drugs Caused Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
Uploaded: 2012-10-07T08:00:00Z
Duration: P589S
Description: More than 100 cases of a rare form of meningitis have been traced to a tainted batch of steroid injections. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dr. John Jernigan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on the investigation, and to Boston University's Kevin Outterson on the difficulties for the FDA to prevent outbreaks.

Clip: 10/08/2012 | 9m 49s

More than 100 cases of a rare form of meningitis have been traced to a tainted batch of steroid injections. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dr. John Jernigan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on the investigation, and to Boston University's Kevin Outterson on the difficulties for the FDA to prevent outbreaks.

Aired: 10/08/12

Rating: NR

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