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An outbreak of fungal meningitis in the US could affect thousands of people.

The firm at the heart of the deadly meningitis outbreak did not require patient prescriptions and encouraged bulk orders.

7 new outbreaks of meningitis brings the number to 205 cases in 14 states.

FDA and Boston police searched pharmacy on Tuesday evening.

'Greenish black foreign matter' was found in 83 vials of a batch of the tainted steroid that caused a meningitis outbreak.

The outbreak of fungal meningitis has been traced to the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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