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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A pharmacy that makes specialty medications is recalling nearly 100 compounded drugs after federal regulators found potential safety problems during an inspection.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A SUNY Oswego student has been taken to the hospital with a suspected case of bacterial meningitis.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  An infant in Seneca County has died from viral meningitis.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Gov. Deval Patrick is proposing tighter regulations on compounding pharmacies following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts company.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The Massachusetts pharmacy board's director has been fired for ignoring a complaint that a company linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak was shipping drugs in bulk, in violation of its state license.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Health officials in Massachusetts uncover unclean conditions at a pharmacy tied to a meningitis outbreak that sickened hundreds of people, and killed 23. Now the governor is ordering surprise inspections of certain pharmacies that could be linked to the outbreak.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Federal health officials say the number of confirmed cases of fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid injections is now past 90 and seven people have died. The cases have been reported in nine states including three locations in New York.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  A 19-year-old college student in upstate New York has died of meningitis shortly after returning home.