Congress holds hearings on the multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to the New England Compounding Center. NBC's Erika Edwards reports. (NBC News)
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The co-owner of the NECC pharmacy tied to the deadly meningitis outbreak has refused to answer questions, leaving federal and state regulators to explain why they allowed a business with a checkered history to keep making drugs. NBC's Lisa Meyers reports. (TODAY)
Massachusetts officials describe the poor conditions found in laboratories at the center of a meningitis outbreak. WHDH's Christa Delcamp reports. (NBC News)
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy has voted to revoke the New England Compounding Center's license. More than 300 people are now confirmed sick and there have been 23 deaths. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists estimates there are 3,000 pharmacies in the United States providing medicines like the steroid injection that is believed to be the source of a fungal meningitis outbreak. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports. (Nightly News)
The number of known patients has grown to more than 105 with eight deaths after tainted steroid injections were linked to a fast-growing meningitis outbreak. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)
Health officials are now trying to track down people in 23 states who got epidural steroid injections. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)