By PAUL C. BARTON, Gannett Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Marsha Blackburn says Congress needs to find out how meningitis-causing steroid drugs got through the nation's pharmaceutical safety net but should refrain from attacking all compounding pharmacies.
Blackburn, R-Brentwood, made those comments in an interview as she looked forward to the start of congressional hearings today on the contaminated steroids from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. that are blamed for at least 438 illnesses and 32 deaths from fungal-meningitis nationwide. In Tennessee, there have been 81 cases and 13 deaths. The latter is the largest figure for any state.
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