Nightly News   |  October 05, 2012

Mass. pharmacy responsible for meningitis outbreak

The meningitis outbreak tied to steroid epidurals has killed five people so far, and originated from a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> outbreak of a bacterial meningitis . the bad medicine came from a specially compounding pharmacy in massachusetts. it has since been shut down. five people have died. 47 are thought to be infected, and patients in 23 states now are being warned to watch for meningitis symptoms.