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The cdc confirming 13,000 people may have been exposed to this potentially tainted medication. even thought it was recalled last month because this particular form of meningitis has an incubation period of four weeks we could see new cases well into late october. look at this map. the numbers continue to rise. 105 cases in nine states and a total of eight deaths have been flortd four those states, michigan, tennessee, maryland and virginia. it's caused by a fungus officials traced to the compounding center in massachusetts. the patients all received epidural injections of a steroid pain killer...

She worked with meryl streep, marilyn monroe and also whitney houston. smith passed away from a brain hemorrhage after an accidental fall. meningitis outbreak is getting worse this morning. there are now more than 90 cases across nine states. so far 7 people have died. marianne rafferty has the latest on this deadly outbreak. >> good morning heather and ainsley. more news from the cdc.gov as cases of fungal meningitis are on the rise and more people are being warned to look for symptoms. it has claimed the lives of at least 7 people. it is believed to have originated from a compounding cente...

Saying the outbreak has already killed at least seven people. doctors reporting so far infections across nine states. one third of those cases in tennessee, where three of the people have died. health officials say the drug in question is mainly used to treat patients with back pain and the massachusetts pharmacy at the center of the outbreak has now pulled its products off the shelves nationwide. elizabeth prann live tonight for us from the atlanta bureau with more. health officials think they know the source of this deadly disease. >> experts say the source is the steroid injection is really...

Standards as say, a big pharmaceutical company does. many people are questioning those regulations and the different types of oversight that they have after this problem. they had two safety warnings in the past from the fda at this center. many people are really worried. meningitis is a deadly infection. jon: so, all right. so, other than checking for a batch of medicine that would have already been injected i guess, that came from this compounding center in framingham, massachusetts, the new england compounding center, what should people do, what should they take away from this? >> exactly r...

>> cdc is working with state and local health departments to contact patients who may have received injections at the facilities who received the recalled lots of this medication to inform them that they may have been exposed, to find out if they're having symptoms and to instruct them to seek health care should they be ill. >> i've been safely giving epidural steroid injections for 22 years and have never seen this or heard of anything like this. martha: so the pharmacy involved is in new england compounding center of framing ham, mass. health providers being told not to use any of their prod...