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Eugene

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Sat May 27, 2023, 09:35 AM May 2023

US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak

Source: BBC

US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak

27 May 2023

By Laura Gozzi
BBC News

US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency over a fungal outbreak linked to cosmetic operations in Mexico.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said two people who got surgeries involving epidural anaesthesia have died of meningitis.

Almost 400 people in the US and Mexico are being monitored.

Two cosmetic clinics in the Mexican city of Matamoros have been shut.

Authorities in both the US and Mexico have urged people who had surgeries involving epidural anaesthesia at either the River Side Surgical Center or Clinica K-3 since January to get evaluated, even if they are currently asymptomatic.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65731544

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US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak (Original Post) Eugene May 2023 OP
I wonder if any US news orgs... 2naSalit May 2023 #1
Mostly local and regional outlets are reporting it Eugene May 2023 #2
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