There are recent reports out about an outbreak of meningitis in a school district in Oklahoma. Why this hasn’t made national news is that the infections have been verified to be viral meningitis. Viral meningitis (also called aseptic meningitis ) is caused predominantly in the US by enteroviruses. These viruses can be spread via respiratory secretions [...]
In a just released report from the Pittsburg Tribune-Review , a VA hospital in Pennsylvania gave a Navy veteran the wrong type of blood plasma due to an error in sample handling. The hospital is saying it was underlying medical conditions that actually killed Kenneth Guthrie, not the inappropriate blood plasma. What do we know [...]