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Case Linked To Tainted Steroid Injections

State health officials say a 71-year-old Hamilton County woman is Ohio's 20th confirmed case linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by recalled steroid injections for back pain.Ohio Department of Health spokesperson Tessie Pollock says the woman was diagnosed with a bone infection of the spine that is not necessarily meningitis. Pollock says the illness fits the Centers for Disease Control's expanded definition of the injection's impact.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.