URGENT - Tennessee-Meningitis-Outbreak

POSTED: 01:52 PM MDT Oct 03, 2012 

Five more cases of non-contagious meningitis have been reported in the past 24 hours in a Tennessee outbreak, state health officials said Wednesday, and they say the number of cases is expected to rise. Officials said Tuesday that non-contagious meningitis had struck 14 patients -- two of whom died -- after they received steroid injections.

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