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1. Car flips during crash on Applegrove Street: An SUV flipped onto its side during a crash on Applegrove Street near Chatham Avenue Wednesday evening. A North Canton teen was eventually charged with failure to yield at a stop sign after the crash that sent the other driver to the hospital. 2. Stark County doctors' offices tied in with fungal meningitis scare: Three Stark County doctors' offices were told by the Ohio Department of Health that they would need to alert their patients about a fungal meningitis outbreak. The offices had been administering injections from a company that was red-flagged in the outbreak. 3. Good news for North Canton City Schools: For the 12th year in a row, North Canton City School District was rated "Excellent…
The Ohio Department of Health released a list of 64 Ohio doctor's offices and health care facilities that need to alert its patients to a fungal meningitis outbreak. Three are located in Stark County.
Several Northeast Ohio doctors' office are on a list of 64 Ohio offices and health care facilities that need to contact patients and alert them to a fungal meningitis outbreak. Those patients would have received any injectable products from New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 2012, according to the Ohio Department of Health website. Several doctors' office in Canton, which North Canton Patch users may be patients at, have purchased medication from that company. “We are working with health care providers to reach out to patients, but we need two-way communication,” said Dr. Ted Wymyslo, Director at the Ohio Department of Health. “At this time, ODH does not have a count on the number of patients that received drugs in the …
Health officials are dealing with a multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by contaminated injections used for back pain
Stark County health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by contaminated injections used to treat back pain. Right now, only one case has been reported in Ohio, and it's not in Stark County, according to the Ohio Department of Health. A 65-year-old man is sick with fungal meningitis likely caused by a contaminated epidural steroid injection. The disease cannot be passed from person to person. It is not contagious. Check out a FAQ on the disease. Sherry A. Smith, nursing division unit manager at the Stark County Health Department, said the department is working closely on the investigation with the Ohio Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug …
