Monday, November 25, 2013

Breaking NEWs: Mich., US officials to coordinate meningitis probe AP / November 25, 2013


DETROIT (AP) — Authorities in Michigan and Massachusetts say they will coordinate their investigations of a company that sold steroid injection materials linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that sickened hundreds of people in 20 states.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (SHOO'-tee) and Boston U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced they would coordinate their state and federal probes at a news conference Monday in Detroit.
A federal grand jury in Boston has been investigating the New England Compounding Center for more than a year. A Michigan court also approved a request for a grand jury. Schuette says the coordination will ‘‘maximize the resources dedicated to this investigation.’’
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