Many people are demanding better oversight of drug manufacturers in the wake of the recent fungal meningitis outbreak. But few people are asking an even more important question: Why were these patients getting questionable -- and mostly unnecessary -- steroid injections in the first place?

The recent outbreak of fungal meningitis, which has resulted in a steadily increasing number of deaths, crystalizes the importance of vigilant regulation of the pharmaceutical industry and affirms the need for swift correctional mechanisms in the case of tainted medicines.

WASHINGTON — The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory...

By Toni Clarke and Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The pharmacy tied to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak es...

The good news for states is drug industry immunity only kicks in if the drugs in question are FDA-approved. And thanks to the first-rate influence-peddling and lobbying prowess of compounding pharmacists, the tainted steroid shots at issue today are free and clear of FDA regulation.

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first comprehensive report on the fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 12 and sickened 137. There is much news for us.

NEW YORK — The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one behind the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal ...

(Changes slug to USA-HEALTH/MENINGITIS from USA-HEALTH/MENINGITIS) * Doctors say patients need to be diagnosed, treated early ...

ATLANTA — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lin...

As infectious disease doctors, we routinely care for patients with meningitis, but never have we treated a case of aspergillus meningitis, the type of fungal infection that has caused more than a dozen deaths and sickened nearly 200 people in Tennessee and other states.

As the number of deaths from fungal meningitis mounts, many people want to know how fungal meningitis is diagnosed and treated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct 9 (Reuters) - A rare U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has claimed four more lives with Florida ...

ATLANTA -- The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, ca...

NEW YORK — As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that r...

UPDATED Oct. 8, 1:39 p.m.: Meningitis cases associated with the tainted steroids have risen to 105, the Associated Press reported, and the number of d...