Meningitis outbreak

New Jersey health officials have linked four more fungal meningitis cases to a nationwide outbreak caused by a potentially tainted medication.

Two new cases of fungal meningitis linked the the multi-state outbreak associated with contaminated steroid medication have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the New Jersey Department of Health.

The government says 170 people now have been sickened in the meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroid shots, and 14 of them have died.

New Jersey is reporting its second case of fungal meningitis tied to a potentially contaminated steroid.

The New Jersey Department of Health has reported its first case linked to the ongoing, multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with potentially contaminated steroid medication.

New Jersey officials have revised downward to 650 the number of patients in the state who received epidural injections of a steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.

Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.

New Jersey officials have identified the six health care facilities that dispensed medication that has been associated with a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.