Meningitis-linked steroid may have affected 13,000 people in U.S.: CDC

(Reuters) - Some 13,000 people in 23 U.S. states may have received steroid injections linked to a rare fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed eight people, but far fewer are likely to contract the disease, the Centers for Disease Control said on Monday.


The CDC for the first time estimated the number of patients potentially affected, after previously saying only that it could be in the thousands.


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