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

Written by on May 27, 2023

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Mexican authorities shut one of two clinics linked to the fungal outbreak

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.



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