Recalled Steroid in Outbreak Went to 23 States

The steroid medication suspected in an outbreak of a rare kind of meningitis was shipped to 23 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The specialty pharmacy that made the steroid, New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., recalled three lots of the drug last week and has shut down operations.

States that received shipments of the recalled steroid:

• California
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• Texas
• West Virginia