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FDA agents raid pharmacy linked to fungal meningitis

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    Jonathan Serrie reports from Atlanta

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And there are new developments in the growing fungal meningitis outbreak that has now spread to at least fifteen states.

Federal agents raided the Massachusetts pharmacy yesterday -- steroid medications have been linked to the spread of this deadly disease.

Jonathan Serrie is in Atlanta -- and what -- looking for it during that search last night.

Good morning -- -- criminal investigators with both the Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration were involved and although neither agency would comment on exactly what they were looking for congressman Edward Markey had asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the new wind -- compounding senator had skirted federal law relating to controlled substances a lawyer representing NE CC suggested last -- federal search of the pharmacy.

Was unnecessary.

In a written statement attorney -- -- Ralph says we've been clear that warrants weren't needed asking would have produce the same result nevertheless we continue to offer our cooperation in addition to the criminal investigation.

NE CC faces a growing number of lawsuits from patients who claim they became ill.

After receiving the tainted injections -- Opera story so what about the investigation into the source of this can't -- this contamination.

Yet as we speak public health officials continue to look at the source of contamination -- -- -- injected steroids believed to have made.

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People -- in fifteen states.

Most of those infections involved fungal meningitis which is blamed for at least sixteen deaths according to reporting from state health department's markets -- Jonathan thank you very much.

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