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Health Department: Illness Of Nassau County Resident Linked To Tainted Steroid

Jeffrey Hammond, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Health, said the illness is not fungal meningitis, which has infected 250 people and killed at least 20 nationwide.

2012/10/19

NJ Reports 2 More Meningitis Cases Related To Outbreak

The two cases bring the total in the state to four. All four patients are residents of Cumberland County.

2012/10/12

Health Officials: 2nd Case Of Fungal Meningitis Reported In NJ

The Department of Health said a 57-year-old Cumberland County man has been hospitalized at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center at Vineland with presumptive fungal meningitis.

2012/10/10

Health Officials: 1st Fungal Meningitis Case Reported In NJ

State health officials say a 70-year-old Cumberland County man is hospitalized with what is believed to be the illness. He received an injection of a steroid from one of the lots recalled by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts and tied to a meningitis outbreak.

2012/10/09

NJ Health Officials ID Facilities In Meningitis Scare

Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said no cases have been uncovered in New Jersey, but in a statement said “This is an ongoing investigation and the full scope of the affected patients and facilities is not yet known.”

2012/10/05

Palmeiro: I’m Accountable For What I Did

Former Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro in his first year of eligibility for the Hall of Fame, he appeared on the The Norris & Davis Show on 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore to discuss his career.

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