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On the recordApril 15, 2013
This meningitis outbreak from compounded drugs has claimed the lives of over 50 people, sickened over 700, brought unspeakable grief upon hundreds of families, and it is one of our Nation's worst public health disasters in recent memory.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman highlights the severity of the meningitis outbreak and its impact on public health.

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